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BROCKTON Thursday marks the first day that educators in Massachusetts are eligible throughout the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
And, in Brockton, by the end of Tuesday, Brockton Public Schools hope that half of its nearly 3,000 staff members will have their first dose.
The school district has partnered with the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center to secure 1,500 vaccine appointments for staff members on Friday, Monday and Tuesday. The Brockton Neighborhood Health Center is a valuable community resource and we re fortunate that their team was able to roll out a vaccine clinic in such a quick and efficient manner for our staff, said Jess Hodges, a spokesperson for Brockton Public Schools. We d like to thank the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, the Brockton Board of Health and the mayor s office for all of their support and continued collaboration.
BROCKTON For Brockton police Detective Ernie Bell, getting the COVID-19 vaccine seemed like a no-brainer.
“I feel good about getting the vaccine, and I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to get it,” Bell said after getting his shot on Monday morning. “My mother’s on oxygen, I have a lot of sick family members, so it’s not only to protect myself, but to protect them. And serving the public, I’d hate to get it and pass it on to somebody.”
Bell was one of more than 100 members of the Brockton police and fire departments who were administered the Moderna vaccine at Brockton High School on Monday. Vaccinations will continue to be given to the city’s first responders through the end of the week.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 332 city residents have died from the disease, with four additional deaths reported Friday, the most deaths reported on a single day in the city since at least July.
Two of the deaths occurred on Dec. 15 and two on Dec. 16, said Dr. Richard Herman, the city s pandemic consultant.
The city’s two hospitals Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital and Good Samaritan Medical Center reported 63 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19 on Friday, down from 47 on Thursday. Eleven of those patients are in the intensive care unit, up two from Thursday.
That s the most COVID-19 patients between Brockton s two hospitals since June 1, when 65 were hospitalized.