BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration has filed an initial vaccine order to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, securing an allotment of 300,000 COVID-19 vaccines.
The federal government allocated Massachusetts 59,475 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for this first shipment that is part of 300,000 doses that the CDC is expected to send to the state by the end of December.
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In a press release, the Baker administration announced the 300,000 vaccines will be for the first dose of a two-dose regimen.
The Baker adminsitration has has been working with the COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group to “prepare for a safe, equitable and efficient distribution that is based on guidance from the CDC in anticipation that the federal government will soon issue emergency use authorizations for additional vaccines.
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The Commonwealth has actively been working on preparedness and planning for a COVID-19 vaccine since early August. Over the past decade, the Commonwealth has invested in the state-of-the-art Massachusetts Immunization Information System (MIIS), which serves as the state’s vaccine registry, ordering system, and inventory system. DPH has enhanced MIIS to prepare to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Next week, the Administration will roll out further information on vaccination prioritization.
For more information on how to prepare for a COVID-19 vaccine, visit the state’s website here. The state has also released a COVID-19 vaccination plan which you can read here.
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