Baker says two million people will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mass. by end of week
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated April 12, 2021, 12:43 p.m.
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Governor Charlie Baker.Erin Clark/Globe Staff/file
Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that the state hopes to pass 2 million people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the week, even as Massachusetts deals with a temporary shortage of single-shot Johnson & Johnson doses.
Baker made the comments during a briefing in Worcester following a tour of a local vaccination site, at the Family Health Center of Worcester.
âAnd as I said many times, and I will continue to say, we have the infrastructure to administer a lot more vaccine than weâve actually got,â Baker said. âBut unfortunately, weâve been told by the federal government that shipments, especially respect to the J&J vaccine, will be much lower this week after we received a one-time increase last week.â