Seniors line up at vaccination sites across Massachusetts
Updated February 1, 2021, 3:10 p.m.
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A sign outside of the Reggie Lewis Center announced that COVID-19 vaccination distribution has been canceled for today because of the pending snowstorm. Appointments scheduled for today will automatically be rescheduled to February 8th.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
After a bumpy start to Phase 2 of Massachusettsâ vaccination plan, Mass. residents age 75 and older who managed to schedule appointments are set to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations Monday.
But a major snowstorm in the forecast is complicating an already difficult roll out as at least two mass vaccination sites have moved up appointments and at least one site is closing early.
Mass inoculation of seniors goes mostly smoothly in the shadow of major storm
By Zoe Greenberg Globe Staff,Updated February 1, 2021, 8:49 a.m.
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Residents 75 and over arrived at Fenway Park for their COVID-19 vaccination on Monday.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
Throngs of newly eligible seniors rushed to get inoculated against the coronavirus Monday, the first day of vaccinations for that segment of the public, racing an approaching norâeaster that added a hurdle to an already formidable process.
Some woke before dawn and arrived hours before their scheduled slots to beat the storm; others had their shots postponed because mass vaccination sites closed early or didnât open at all. Under the stateâs phases, seniors 75 and over â roughly 450,000 people â are now eligible for the vaccine.