SOME FAMOUS FACES IN NORTH ADAMS: That s Attorney General Maura Healey in the right foreground. And a cardboard cut-out of Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In a recent tweet, Healey posted this photo and these words: Found some Fauci fans in North Adams today at a local vaccination site â one of the busiest I have visited with lines out the door (socially distant of course) and around the corner! Excellent teamwork . Standing between the cut-out and Healey is the city s mayor, Tom Bernard. TWITTER
A WELCOME LOW WITH ONE STATE DATA POINT: Three people died as a result of COVID-19, the state Department of Public Health said Tuesday. That is the lowest daily total since Aug. 5, when the DPH reported two deaths. The seven-day average of deaths, as of Tuesday, as 7.1.
NEW INFECTIONS HITTING YOUNGER PEOPLE: According to the State House News Service: Almost 40 percent of the new COVID-19 cases recorded in Massachusetts in the past two weeks were among
A health official in Philadelphia prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Use of the vaccine is on hold temporarily in Massachusetts and other states while experts review an extremely rare number of blood clots. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
J&J VACCINE PAUSE: Federal regulators are recommending that states hold off on administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while health experts look at six reported cases of people who had severe blood clots after getting the vaccine. Thatâs out of more than 6.8 million people who got the vaccine.
The delay prompted the head of the stateâs medical society to argue that the vaccine program in Massachusetts must be fair.
VACCINE REPORT: As of Monday morning, 1,789,004 people in Massachusetts are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the state Department of Public Health. Gov. Charlie Baker said more than 2
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren stands against a graph showing the number of Berkshire County residents who have been vaccinated during a visit to Pittsfield on March 27. She was among a group of lawmakers critical of the stateâs vaccine rollout.GILLIAN JONES â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
On Monday, the number of people eligible in Massachusetts for COVID-19 vaccines grows by more than one million.
Those newly eligible Monday include people 55 and older and those with one underlying health condition, known as a co-morbidity. The ranks will also include people with dementia or other neurological conditions, those who are overweight and people with a substance use disorder.