While state website crashed, a Mattapan Church opened to âa huge lineâ on first day as a vaccination site
By Tonya Alanez Globe Staff,Updated February 18, 2021, 5:41 p.m.
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Juanita Siggers, 82, of Dorchester, seated, gets a Covid vaccine shot from Eliot Holop a Boston University Medical student. An effort to bring vaccines to communities hardest hit by COVID-19, the Mattapan COVID-19 vaccination site at the Morning Star Baptist Church opened its doors Thursday to begin vaccinating residents who are eligible under the state s vaccine rollout plan. The clinic, which is by appointment only, is being run in partnership with Morning Star Baptist Church, Mattapan Community Health Center and Boston Medical Center.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff