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State expands role of UMass vaccination site
Stickers on hand at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst, where first responders were receiving their first COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 12. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Published: 1/24/2021 3:01:16 PM
AMHERST As Fenway Park in Boston joins Gillette Stadium in Foxborough as a mass vaccination site, the University of Massachusetts Amherst will expand its role in administering COVID-19 vaccines in Western Massachusetts.
The Baker-Polito Administration announced last week that the UMass site, at the Campus Center, will provide vaccinations for all eligible groups in Phase 1 of the state’s vaccine distribution plan.
The site has been for first responders only since opening on Jan. 11. Now, congregate care and shelter staff, as well as clinical and non-clinical health care workers doing direct and COVID-facing care, and personnel from long-term care facilities, rest homes and assisted living facilities, can be served there.
Billionaires including Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk have seen their wealth soar during the COVID-19 pandemic while the world's poor face years of hardship, charity Oxfam said on Monday as it demanded steps to tackle inequality.
Billionaires including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk have seen their wealth soar during the Covid-19 pandemic while the world’s poor face years of hardship, charity Oxfam said on Monday as it demanded steps to tackle inequality.