50 miles apart, 2 cities hit hard by coronavirus face different vaccine experiences
On paper, Central Falls, R.I., and Chelsea, Mass., are mirror image communities. But their fortunes could not have been more different during the rollout.
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People line up for vaccines Saturday at a clinic in Central Falls, R.I. Nearly a third of adults in the city have received at least one dose of vaccine, according to state data, and the city has seen a marked drop in COVID-19 cases as a result. [ DAVID GOLDMAN | AP ]
Updated Feb. 24
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. â Mario Valdez, his wife and their 18-year-old son were fully vaccinated for COVID-19 this month as part of a special effort to inoculate every resident of Central Falls, the Rhode Island community hit hardest by the pandemic.
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2021/02/24 19:56 People line up for vaccines at a clinic in Central Falls, R.I., Saturday Feb. 20, 2021. Nearly a third of adults in the city have received at least on. People line up for vaccines at a clinic in Central Falls, R.I., Saturday Feb. 20, 2021. Nearly a third of adults in the city have received at least one dose of vaccine, according to state data. Health officials say the city of about 20,000 has seen a marked drop in COVID-19 cases as a result. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Mario Valdez, 62, receives his first shot of a vaccine at a clinic in Central Falls, R.I., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. I feel happy, the 62-year-old sch.
Updated on February 24, 2021 at 3:33 pm
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When the Massachusetts Legislature s COVID-19 and Emergency Management and Preparedness Committee holds its vaccine rollout oversight hearing on Thursday, Gov. Charlie Baker will take the floor first.
The hearing s schedule was released Wednesday, and shows that Baker will be the first to testify at 11 a.m., followed by Tiffany Tate, the executive director of company that runs PrepMod. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The Massachusetts vaccination finder website was experiencing technical difficulties, Thursday morning as about one million people became newly eligible to get the vaccine for the first time.