Our administration will announce the schedule for all remaining groups in the MA vaccine plan tomorrow morning. Every resident will know when they are eligible for a vaccine.
Thank you for making your MA a national leader in the vaccination effort!
– Charlie Baker (@MassGovernor) 16 March 2021
Baker’s government has been criticized by many for the troubled vaccination of the state, which has been damaged by a faulty online dating portal prone to mistakes and accidents in the early weeks, without people being able to make appointments and leave by phone. residents frustrated.
The state eventually opened a telephone hotline in response to the demands of residents, especially 75 and older who were among the first to be eligible for the vaccine.
So far, more than 2.6 million vaccinations have been administered in the state, according to data updated by the Department of Public Health on Tuesday afternoon. The state is working to vaccinate 4.1 million adults.
According to the department, the number of people who were fully vaccinated rose to 946,306 on Tuesday. This includes those who received two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
According to the recent Globe analysis of the state’s vaccine data, the state’s vaccine has shown signs of improvement in recent weeks.
Massachusetts ranks second in New England, behind Connecticut, in total doses administered per 100,000 population and ranks tenth among all states, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In contrast, the state came last in New England in the first week of January, when only 2,197 doses per 100,000 inhabitants were administered.
Some government workers encountered resistance during the deployment. About 30 percent of Massachusetts police, about 850 members, have not yet been vaccinated, despite the department having its own vaccination clinics and emergency personnel being one of the earliest group to get vaccinated.
Other groups had to wait on the state to give them the green light. Educators and school staff were eligible for the vaccine on Thursday as state and federal officials pressured schools to reopen for personal learning.
It seems that the slow start of the rollout has affected Baker’s popularity among voters. In a poll by UMass Amherst and WCVB-TV released on Monday, it appears that its approval rating drops from 78 percent in August to 52 percent this month, a decline that the poll’s lead researcher attributed to Baker’s administration of the pandemic.
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