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Tripadvisor’s corporate headquarters converted into COVID-19 vaccination site
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Tripadvisor opened its currently unoccupied corporate headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts, on Wednesday as a COVID-19 vaccination site, the online travel company announced.
The vaccination site, managed by Newton-Wellesley Hospital, will operate by appointment only, seven days a week, with the capability to administer 630 vaccines per day, and the ability to expand that based on supply, the company said in a statement.
The vaccinations will be limited to patients eligible under state guidelines who are patients within the Mass General Brigham health care organization, of which Newton-Wellesley is a part.
Tripadvisor opens up its headquarters in Needham to distribute vaccines
Site opens Wednesday, and doses will be limited to patients in the Mass General Brigham network
By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated February 3, 2021, 10:58 a.m.
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Vaccine recipients will check in at the Tripadvisor reception area.Photo courtesy of Tripadvisor
Health care workers have been heading to some unlikely places to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in Massachusetts: a shopping mall, a hotel, an indoor track, a football stadium.
Now, thanks to travel website operator Tripadvisor, they can add a corporate headquarters to the list.
Tripadvisor on Wednesday announced the use of its temporarily vacant main office, at 400 1st Avenue overlooking Interstate 95 in Needham, as a vaccination center, in partnership with the nearby Newton-Wellesley Hospital. The hospital will staff the vaccination distribution site seven days a week, with a starting capacity of 630 patients a day.
Massachusetts ramping up efforts to vaccinate residents
February 3, 2021 GMT
In the meantime, Baker urged residents to be patient.
There are currently 125 sites up and running, including a handful of mass vaccination sites and sites at dozens of community health centers, the Republican said.
By the middle of the month, the number should increase to about 165.
Baker said the state is also making an effort to increase vaccinations among those hardest hit by the pandemic, including Black residents.
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The state is working with trusted organizations in local communities, and in Boston the city is setting up specific days to vaccinate neighborhood residents, he said.