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With vaccine to arrive, Mass. goes from ‘defense to offense’ against COVID-19 By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated December 13, 2020, 8:59 p.m. Email to a Friend Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., on Sunday.Morry Gash/Associated Press The earliest shipments of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive at some Massachusetts hospitals starting Monday, officials said, as the state readies for a distribution effort that initially seeks to vaccinate thousands of medic...

Thousands of Massachusetts hospital staff expected to begin getting long-awaited COVID-19 vaccinations next week Staff and residents at senior care facilities may be only days behind By Deanna Pan and Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 7:03 p.m. Email to a Friend A vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19.Pool/Getty The Food and Drug Administration Friday night approved the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States for emergency use, clearing the way for the first Massachusetts residents to receive inoculations as soon as Tuesday, as hospitals and senior care facilities say they ...