Gillette Stadium Opens as First Mass COVID Vaccination Site for First Responders

Jackson Cote masslive.com (MCT) Gillette Stadium is expected to open its doors Monday as Massachusetts’ first mass coronavirus vaccination site for first responders. Gov. Charlie Baker announced last week the Foxborough stadium would be turned into a large-scale vaccination facility. First doses were set to be given last Thursday to staff at the site, and first responders were scheduled to get vaccinated at the location Monday. The site was expected to administer 300 vaccines per day and then increase that number to 5,000 per day. “Potentially much bigger numbers” may follow, Baker said last Tuesday. First responders in the commonwealth started receiving doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 11. The group is ranked third in terms of priority in Phase 1 of the state’s distribution plan. Frontline medical workers were first. Residents and staff at long-term care facilities were second. More than 115 vaccination hubs have been set up across Massachusetts for first responders, including emergency medical technicians, firefighters and police officers. The sites, including the one at Gillette, will initially be available to only first responders and later expand to eligible individuals as the state’s COVID-19 Command Center works through the commonwealth’s distribution plan. The Foxborough site will be operated by CIC Health. Brigham and Women’s Hospital will serve as the medical director, and Fallon Ambulance...
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