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DANVERS Hundreds of people showed up outside the state s COVID-19 mass vaccination site at the DoubleTree Hotel in Danvers after word spread that additional doses were going to be made available on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 10. And many were turned away.
Several people who had vaccination appointments scheduled for later in the week reported receiving an email from Curative, the company running the mass vaccination site.
Jeremy Lydon of Cambridge tweeted that he brought his 93-year-old grandmother to the site in hopes of getting an earlier appointment.
“We had to wait 25 minutes outside before one of the Danvers PD detail officers told us they [sic] were only accepting appointments for today,” he shared on the social media platform.
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Many North Shore School officials are requesting that educators be reclassified in the state’s vaccination plan, granting them access to COVID-19 vaccinations now, during Phase I.
Phase I includes COVID-19 facing health care providers, first responders, staff and residents at congregate care settings, among others at high-risk for contracting the vi.
As it stands now, educators are not eligible to receive vaccinations until Phase II of the plan, which begins in February.
The North Shore Superintendents’ Round Table, which represents 29 districts, made their request known in a letter to Gov. Charlie Baker.
“We cite the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in urging you to prioritize the health and well being of our educators so that Massachusetts school districts can operate at the fullest possible strength as our nation begins to emerge from this global pandemic,” the letter states.