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The State of Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently announced that Phase 2 of the COVID vaccination plan will begin on Feb. 1. This means that people age 75 and over are eligible.
Vaccination locations can be found using the state s map at mass.gov/CovidVaccineMap. This map is updated frequently and includes what pharmacies may be offering vaccine.
The Concord Board of Health recently reported most primary care physicians associated with Emerson Hospital and the Partners-affiliated hospitals will receive the vaccine in coming weeks. Residents are asked to check with their primary care physician about when they expect to be able to provide vaccine and see if you can get on their list.
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CVS Pharmacist Sandra Balbino administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Overlook Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice on Amherst Road in Sunderland. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. AP PHOTO
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The state’s Phase 2 vaccine rollout is off to a weak start because while plans on paper suggest those 75 years old and older will be able to start being vaccinated Monday, there doesn’t seem to be enough vaccines in Franklin County to make that happen. Plus, seniors are having a difficult and frustrating time trying to register for their first dose.
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WEYMOUTH- Whipple Senior Center Director Karen Johnson said the facility is being inundated with phone calls from residents about how to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus.
“We are trying to release information through a COVID vaccine hotline for anybody who calls, she said, Thursday, Jan. 28. The Weymouth Department of Health set it up, and it offers a recorded message with the most up to date information on town vaccine availability.
Weymouth Health Department Director Daniel McCormack said the town would be allocated 100 vaccine doses per week to inoculate residents age 75 and older. We continue to meet with the mayor s office and other town departments to see how we can run clinics going forward, he said. I wish we were farther along, but we continue to get mixed messages from the state Department of Public Health.
FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE: Vaccine distribution
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Vaccination distribution will be a group effort in Newton with many providers needed as supplies increase and more people become eligible according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health criteria.
Newton Health and Human Services is one of the providers. Last week, we finished up the first round of vaccinations for our first responders. We re also beginning to vaccinate some people living and working in Newton’s group home settings that meet the specific state criteria for congregate care programs and haven’t set up alternative arrangements.
“We know how frustrated all of us are about the spotty information for the Phase II vaccinations,” Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said.