The figure, which does not include doses given to healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities through hospitals and pharmacies, highlights a persistent short supply that has hamstrung rollout across the U.S.
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Carleen Gavin had taken every step to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine appointment. I follow my governor s plan, said Gavin, 81, saying she put her name on a list with her physician, and with the Cameron Senior Center, where she is an active, longtime member.
Gavin spoke with her daughter who lives in Toronto and her daughter walked her through the steps online.
When requested for an image, on both sides, of her insurance card, Gavin said, I don t have that kind of technology here. She called her home health aide, asking her to swing by with her cellphone to take photos of the card.
‘It’s been made too complicated’: Vaccine registration process frustrates Massachusetts seniors, legislators
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
The reliance on online registration and other factors have made the vaccination rollout frustrating for many Massachusetts residents 75 and older. (Alison Montemagni / Baystate Medical Center)
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With the state’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations for people over the age of 75 on the horizon, Gov. Charlie Baker explained the registration procedure at a press conference earlier this week.
“Determine if you’re eligible, on the site, find a location that’s providing vaccinations that’s convenient to you, click on it, make an appointment,” he said, referring to pages on the state’s website offering information about vaccine eligibility and a map of locations.
Guardian ad litem program in Florida draws scrutiny
Dara Kam, Senior reporter, News Service of Florida
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The head of Florida’s guardian ad litem program defended the agency’s efforts Tuesday to a Senate committee, following a report that said the organization’s funding has increased while the number of children it represents has dropped.
Alan Abramowitz, who has served as executive director of the program for more than a decade, pushed back against the report during an appearance before the Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee.
The report, issued last month by the Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, or OPPAGA, identified a number of issues in the operation of the program, which receives state and local funds to represent abused, neglected and abandoned children in dependency cases.