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No one in New England should be getting the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after the U.S. government paused its use to investigate multiple adverse reactions to the shot.
Officials in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine notified providers in each state to stop using the single-dose vaccine in response to federal recommendations Tuesday. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
The states moved swiftly after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating blood clots in six women that occurred in the days after vaccination.
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Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that Massachusetts ranks third in the country for the percentage of Black residents who received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean the state is getting shots to people of color at a proportionate rate.
According to the state’s weekly vaccine date report, more than 22 percent of white residents in Massachusetts have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, while just less than 15 percent of the state’s Black residents and just 8 percent of Latino residents have gotten at least one shot. The raw numbers look even more striking: nearly 1.1 million white residents, compared to just 75,200 Black residents and 70,100 Latino residents, according to the state vaccination report released Thursday.
âI think we could be a model for other communitiesâ: Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition helps bring vaccine to people of color
By Deanna Pan Globe Staff,Updated February 25, 2021, 5:56 p.m.
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Louis Elisa of Roxbury put up a poster advertising the vaccination event this weekend.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
When Black residents walk through the doors of the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury this weekend for their COVID-19 vaccine, theyâll see people who look like them â administering shots, registering voters, giving away boxes of groceries, and handing out warm cups of soup for their journey home.