covid vaccine eligibility

An error at a vaccine site in Dorchester that offered COVID vaccines to more people than were eligible caused people to show up to the site a day later.

Massachusetts residents 60 years and older and a new group of essential workers become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Monday as the Hynes Convention Center officially opens as a mass vaccination site.

The Hynes Convention Center will officially open Monday as the state’s latest mass vaccination site. There are also big changes happening Monday as the state enters its final phase of reopening.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled when all remaining groups will become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine.

People 60 and older in Massachusetts will be able to get the coronavirus vaccine starting Monday, with other groups following in the coming weeks.

On April 5, eligibility will be expanded to those 55 years and older and those with one co-morbidity.

Vaccination appointments will be opened to any resident 16 years or older on April 19

Gov. Charlie Baker is slated to outline when everyone in Massachusetts will become eligible to register for the coronavirus vaccine at a Brockton vaccination site at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced a timeline for when Massachusetts residents who have not received a COVID-19 vaccination shot will be able to sign up, starting with residents 60 years and older as well as many front-line workers. In a press release, Baker said those groups would be eligible for vaccination shots starting Monday. Frontline workers newly eligible for…

Teachers and day care providers have been moved up in coronavirus vaccine eligibility in Massachusetts, with Gov. Charlie Baker saying they can start signing up for appointments on March 11.

Getting a vaccine in Massachusetts primarily relies on good faith when it comes to signing up — only eligible people are supposed to get the shot right now. “It is on the honor system,” said Dr. Kathleen Carey, a health economist at Boston University School of Public Health. People who qualify for the vaccine need to fill out a form…

Getting a vaccine in Massachusetts primarily relies on good faith when it comes to signing up. Only eligible people are supposed to get the shot right now.