One of the commonwealth's largest cities has begun vaccinating its first responders.
Worcester's vaccination site is in the city's senior city. According to City Manager Edward Augustus Jr., the site has the capacity to inoculate 320 people a day. He hopes to vaccinate as many people as they can each day to help stem the spread of COVID-19.
"Every group, whether it be the health workers who have already gotten vaccinated and now first responders, to me, it's another brick in the wall against this virus," Augustus said. "And so every group that we're able to get the [shot] in their arms is another level of safety for our overall community."
Augustus said more than 100 UMass Medical students have been trained on administering the vaccine. He added managing this pandemic on top of keeping Worcester running has been a challenge for city staff over the last 10 months, particularly when it comes to staff shortages because of a positive test or being exposed and having to quarantine.
We also heard from Dr. Paul Sax, the clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, about vaccine dosing concerns and President-elect Joe Biden's goal to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office.
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Segments:
Dr. Paul Sax - 2:00
Edward M. Augustus Jr. - 14:05
