Health

Baker administration submits initial vaccine order to CDC

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.

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.

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.


Download the free Boston 25 News app for up-to-the-minute push alerts

>> Complete local and national coronavirus coverage here

RESOURCES:

- Complete local and national coronavirus coverage here

- Follow us on Facebook and Twitter | Watch Boston 25 NOW

- Download our free apps for your phone and smart TV