Regional effort in works for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Jenny Potee, public health nurse for New Salem, gives Lori Lunn of New Salem a COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange last Wednesday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/7/2021 2:56:49 PM
While COVID-19 vaccine distribution got off to a rocky start earlier last week, it seemed to get a little better by week’s end, at least to the extent that some county seniors were receiving COVID-19 vaccines and more were planned for this week.
The city of Greenfield is preparing for its Phase 2 kickoff this week. Greenfield Interim Health Director Jennifer Hoffman said the city has 700 doses of the vaccine and will start to give first responders and “essential” personnel their second dose beginning Feb. 10, at the same time it will begin vaccinating seniors ages 75 and older.
Vaccine hunt: ‘A wild goose chase’
The daughter of Chris and Cheryl Mattocks found them appointments for shots, but they were canceled. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Chris and Cheryl Mattocks at their home in Belchertown, where they have stayed mostly indoors for the last nine months. “Our favorite thing to do is eat breakfast out and go to the movies, neither of which we have been able to do for the past year,” Chris Mattocks said about getting the vaccine and being able to leave their home more freely. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 1/31/2021 10:34:07 AM
AMHERST Just days before Massachusetts opens Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Amherst resident Meg Robertson felt prepared to book an appointment for her mother, who qualifies for the vaccine because of her age.
Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins Monday
CVS Pharmacist Sandra Balbino administers a COVID-19 vaccine as part of the Phase 1 rollout at Overlook Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice on Amherst Road in Sunderland. Phase 2 is set to begin Monday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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Cooperation is going to be key when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of people across Franklin County, local health officials say.
Starting Monday, Phase 2 of the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout will begin. People 75 years old and older will be the first priority group in this phase, with those 65 years old and older moving into the second priority group. In addition, people with two or more underlying conditions can be vaccinated during Phase 2.
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Across Franklin County, COVID-19 numbers appear to stabilize
In its dashboard that shows Department of Public Health data on the countywide level, the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts indicated there were 214 new cases in Franklin County over a two-week period, down from 329 in the previous two-week period. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Published: 1/1/2021 4:31:01 PM
Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, for the most part, seemed to see a quieter couple of weeks as a whole when it came to reports of positive COVID-19 cases.
On New Year’s Eve, the state Department of Public Health reported that 22 of the Franklin County’s 26 municipalities are currently in the “gray” or lowest-risk category, with towns reporting anywhere from zero to eight cases since Dec. 17. Six towns report zero cases, while nine report fewer than five cases.