Maine sees progress, frustrations in rollout of vaccinations
With a central registration system still weeks away, experts say state officials need to use the time to build on critical partnerships.
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Seven weeks into the largest mass-vaccination effort in the nation’s history, Maine is performing better than most states in getting shots into arms amid a severe, worldwide supply shortage of COVID-19 doses.
But Maine’s vaccination program has also been beset by a host of problems – many national in scope and cause, others with local roots – that have delayed inoculations for some of the state’s most vulnerable residents and sowed confusion among others.