Feds Cut Next Mass. Pfizer Vaccine Shipments by 20%; More Help Coming, Baker Says
What to Know
Gov. Charlie Baker said the reduction in shipment size from the federal government is frustrating, but won t seriously impact the first phase of vaccine distribution.
Vaccines will start going to long-term care facilities the week of Dec. 28, via CVS and Walgreens teams working in a partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Baker said.
The following group to be vaccinated in Massachusetts will be first responders; nursing and medical students and EMTs have been approved to be vaccinators.
Massachusetts upcoming shipments of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine are being reduced by 20%, officials said Friday, a bump in Massachusetts rollout, which began this week with more than 6,200 vaccinations of health care workers.
Updated on December 18, 2020 at 11:42 pm
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What to Know
Gov. Charlie Baker said the reduction in shipment size from the federal government is frustrating, but won t seriously impact the first phase of vaccine distribution.
Vaccines will start going to long-term care facilities the week of Dec. 28, via CVS and Walgreens teams working in a partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Baker said.
The following group to be vaccinated in Massachusetts will be first responders; nursing and medical students and EMTs have been approved to be vaccinators.
Massachusetts upcoming shipments of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine are being reduced by 20%, officials said Friday, a bump in Massachusetts rollout, which began this week with more than 6,200 vaccinations of health care workers.
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Seekonk and Swansea remain coronavirus red zones, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)
SEEKONK/SWANSEA, MA The towns of Seekonk and Swansea continue to be designated a coronavirus red zones due to a surge in positive cases locally and statewide.
The red zone status means the two communities are at the highest risk of COVID-19 transmission and have had at least 10 average daily cases per 10,000 residents and a 5% positivity rate.
The latest statistics released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Thursday reveal that there have been 579 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Seekonk, with 165 reported in the two weeks before Dec. 17. Seekonk currently has an average daily incidence rate of 84.1 and a positivity rate of 13.94%, an increase from last week s average daily incidence rate of 79.01 and a decrease from last week s positivity rate of 15.85%.
The Herald News and WCVB reports
Fall River reported 211 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting a new record for the highest single-day increase in confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
According to the office of Mayor Paul Coogan, 6,789 cases of the coronavirus had been identified in the city as of Friday.
The city also reached another unfortunate milestone this week, as the COVID death toll surpassed the 200 mark.
The mayor’s office reported Friday that three more city residents died, bringing the total COVID-related fatalities to 205 since the start of the pandemic in March.
Fall River is currently in the grips of a second surge of the highly infectious respiratory disease, which began in late October.