Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday that health care workers, long-term care residents and employees and first responders will be in the first wave of people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting as early as this month.
The general public, including people under 65, will have to wait until April or June to start the process of vaccination.
“We’re on the right track,” said Deirdre Arvidson, Barnstable County public health nurse. “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.”
Baker said the first 60,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, expected to receive emergency use authorization from the FDA today, are scheduled to arrive in Massachusetts by Wednesday.