Massachusetts will expand its COVID vaccine to include more shots at CVS Health and Walgreens pharmacies across the state, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday. Officials also announced that Fenway Park will become the state’s second mass vaccination site and join Gillette Stadium.
The expansion is part of the COVID-19 CDC Pharmacy Partnership Program – an effort to increase the number of shots available to eligible residents in more than a dozen locations across the state. Fifteen CVS and Walgreens stores across Massachusetts are receiving 10,000 doses of vaccine this week, officials said.
The 15 establishments are in Greenfield, Fall River, Salem, South Yarmouth, Pittsfield, Lee, Holden, Gardner, Hyannis, Mashpee, Somerset, Fairhaven, Haverhill, Saugus and Danvers. Only residents and workers in Phase 1 of the state rollout plan can get the vaccine.
Phase 1 includes “clinical and non-clinical health workers providing direct and COVID care; long-term care facilities, rest homes and assistance facilities; responding first; and pooling care settings, including corrections and shelters.”
Nearly 40 vaccination sites will be added next week by pharmacies and additional partners, including Wegmans, Big Y, Price Chopper, Stop & Shop and Hannaford, officials said.
Last week, Baker announced that the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough will serve as the first large-scale vaccination facility in the state. The Fenway website will open Feb. 1 to administer 500 vaccines a day, officials said.
Like Gillette, Fenway is likely to start in the coming months as a vaccination center for first responders, and then for the general public.
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