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The rollout begins about a month after county jails and the Department of Correction experienced the highest number of active COVID-19 cases among prisoners and workers since the state started documenting real-time infections in July.
Rural states got off to a faster start on vaccinations, but big urban centers expected to gain momentum CDC lists Massachusetts in the middle of the pack, along with Texas and New York. Email to a Friend Physician Alister Martin received one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Dec. 16.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff West Virginia deployed National Guard units to get first doses of the vaccine to every nursing home before New Yearâs Day. In South Dakota, the Civil Air Patrol waited at the Sioux Falls airport to ferry vac...
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced weekly COVID-19 pooled testing will be available within the next month to schools and districts across the Commonwealth.
‘Diddy’ delivers, chicken coops, New Year’s Eve restrictions: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Gadsden: The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alabama topped 2,800 this week, as recent days have shown a steady climb and new record high inpatient counts – 2,804 on Tuesday – as the surge in cases continues. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, the University of Alabama’s Division of Infectious Diseases director, said Alabama now is third in the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations per capita, behind Nevada and Arizo...
Massachusetts firefighters union slams state’s coronavirus vaccine plans Sean Philip Cotter © Provided by Boston Herald Chelsea, MA--12/29/20-- Donna Ko, Pharmacist for CVS prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Soldiers Home in Chelsea. (Pool photo) The head of the statewide firefighters union said he’s worried that his members will end up getting hosed over vaccinations thanks to a “lack of coordination and communication” by the state. Richard MacKinnon Jr., president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts union, said the state is leaving...