Only 30% to 60% of nursing home staff have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a recent survey finds. Some facilities are providing financial incentives to encourage more to get shots.
As of Wednesday, the Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center had seen a total of 127 positive tests for COVID-19 to date, up from 109 on Monday. BEN GARVER â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
PITTSFIELD â More than 109 residents and staff have contracted COVID-19 inside a single Pittsfield nursing home. Cases accelerated in the past week, even as vaccinations began, with the National Guard now on the scene.
The Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center, at 255 Lebanon Ave., owned by BaneCare, says in its latest report that 72 residents and 37 staff have tested positive for the disease to date, with 52 active cases among residents and 27 among staff.
Gov. Charlie Baker is being urged by a coalition of community activists and medical professionals to give the state's Black and immigrant communities priority.
BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts on Tuesday designated the site of its next COVID-19 mass vaccination site: Fenway Park. Starting Feb. 1, the ballpark will begin administering 500 vaccines per.