After a bumpy federal deployment of the COVID vaccine, Massachusetts health officials managed to get 141,108 the first dose in the arms of health workers and staff and residents in long-term care facilities across the state according to Tuesday, according to the Department of Public Health.
The second wave, which will be administered next week, will go to police officers and emergency personnel, followed by vaccinations for those in community care facilities. Prisoners and homeless people in shelters will respond first due to the high risk of spreading in the area. Officials expect the first of three phases of the state’s vaccination effort to last until February.
So when will the recordings be available to the current public at the current rate of rollout, and will the lack of transmission have an effect on the timeline?
Those who are 75 years old and older
The state’s initial vaccinations for the general public were targeted in the spring of 2021. But health officials are still making adjustments to their priority list, and it’s as recent as Monday, when residents over 75, and residents of all ages with two or more. poor health conditions, were preceded at the beginning of the second phase.
The change in priority affects about 170,000 Massachusetts residents over the age of 75, who are now eligible for the first dose earlier than expected – perhaps weeks earlier. Officials say they are still making the effort step-by-step.
“As the process moves forward, additional specific groups will still be added,” a Department of Public Health spokesman said in an email.
The official list is updated twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5pm and can be viewed at: www.mass.gov/info-details/when-can-i-get-the-covid-19-vaccine.
As part of the state’s plan to vaccinate law enforcement and first responders, officials have set up about 60 vaccination sites across the state, where they can get shots by appointment, governments Charlie Baker said Tuesday. These ‘mass vaccination sites’ will be part of the overall deployment, he said.
Nearly all state hospitals, according to Baker, 74 or 76, have received the vaccine and have been handing out shots to their workers since the effort began in December. As of Tuesday, the state has sent 328,000 doses of COVID vaccine to suppliers nationwide.
Receipt of the vaccine will still depend on a number of key partnerships: CVS and Walgreens, with which Massachusetts has worked specifically to provide residents and staff in long-term care facilities with access to shots, and the federal government.
Staff working in federal government buildings in Massachusetts, such as the VA and the Department of Defense, receive the vaccine through a separate federal distribution channel and are not counted as part of the state’s total.
Baker on Tuesday expressed optimism about the current vaccination rate across the country, despite a hiccup in December when health officials were informed of an unexpected reduction in the number of doses ordered.
“Hospitals across the Commonwealth have received the vaccine at the same time as this process is rolling out, and the ongoing process will continue as the federal government makes the vaccine available through their distribution channels,” Baker said Tuesday.
Although doctors across the country have acknowledged that the federal blast is beginning to falter, the effort to get health workers vaccinated, which is being completed this week, is relatively painless. Douglas T. Golenbock, head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at UMass Medical School, said the roll-out only had problems “because it’s such a big task.”
“The system has not been adapted yet,” he said. “In a month it should look much better.”
Phases 2 and 3 of vaccinations
Most of the vaccinations are expected to take place in phases 2 and 3. The second phase includes an extensive list of workers, all of whom include early education and K-12 educators to transport, groceries, food and agriculture, restaurant and cafe workers and public works workers. The effort begins in February and lasts until March.
Everyone else
If all goes according to plan, government officials hope to vaccinate everyone by April to June. This group usually includes senior teachers, including administrators, teachers and non-teaching staff; bottle of liquor workers; veterinarians; funeral directors and funeral workers. ”
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