Thursday 21 January 2021
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of a flu vaccine. Some global health and political leaders have advocated giving the first dose of covid19 vaccines to as many people as possible before the second dose is given. - ANGELO MARCELLE
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The government and private health practitioners must commit to a policy of giving the first dose of the vaccine to as many people as possible – until 90 per cent of the population is vaccinated – before the second booster dose starts to be given out.
One of the covid19 vaccines currently available, the Moderna vaccine, is administered in two doses: a prime and a booster.
Buttons and wrist bands were handed out to vaccine recipients at the Gillette Stadium COVID-19 Vaccination Site. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, is the latest U.S. sports venue to become a mass vaccination site during the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, about 100 police officers, firefighters and EMTs received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine in a clubhouse overlooking the nearly 66,000 seat stadium.
“It s surreal,” said Foxborough police officer Brendan Fayles, “but we got to do it, there’s no choice in the matter.”
Organizers plan to vaccinate 5,000 people a day as priority groups expand, and will eventually offer injections around the clock.
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