As of Thursday, more than a dozen additional locations in Massachusetts are offering the COVID-19 vaccine.
CVS announced this month that several pharmacies in the state of Bahia will start offering vaccines.
The participating CVS pharmacies are located in: Boston, Braintree, Cambridge, Chelsea, East Falmouth, Fall River, Holyoke, Hudson, Ipswich, Lynn, Malden, Medfield, Methuen, Milford, New Bedford, North Easton, North Grafton, Palmer, Peabody , Randolph, Seekonk, Springfield, Sturbridge, Watertown, Weymouth and Worcester.
Scheduling can be done directly through the pharmacy website as of Thursday. CVS Health is expected to publish new consultations online daily. Unmarked vaccination will not be provided.
Supply will start small at the beginning, with approximately 21,600 doses available from the federal pharmaceutical partnership. As more supplies become available, the company will expand to more locations and offer additional schedules.
CVS locations in Massachusetts are part of an initial distribution of vaccines in 11 states: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
Eventually, vaccines will be available at pharmacies across the country, with the company estimating its vaccination capacity at 20 to 25 million vaccines per month.
“One of our greatest strengths as a company is our presence in communities across the country, which makes us an ideal partner to administer vaccines in a safe, convenient and family-friendly manner,” said Karen S. Lynch, president and chief executive officer, CVS Health. “We continue to be grateful for the commitment of our colleagues at the front, whose dedication allowed us to provide care and peace of mind during the pandemic.”
Who is eligible to receive the vaccine?
Massachusetts entered Phase 2 of the vaccine launch on Monday, February 1. Residents aged 75 and over are the first priority group in Phase 2 and are now eligible to receive the vaccine.
Elderly people aged 75 and over will be accompanied by residents aged 65 and over, individuals with at least two comorbidities that make them at high risk for COVID and / or residents and low-income employees and affordable housing for the elderly. The exact date on which these groups will be eligible has not yet been announced by state officials.
Listed as a third priority in Phase 2 include:
- Early childhood education, K-12, traffic, grocery, public services, food and agriculture, restaurant and cafe workers;
- Employees in the food, beverage, agriculture, consumer goods, retail and food service sectors;
- Meat packers;
- Sanitation, public works and public health workers;
- Vaccine development workers;
- Food pantry workers and volunteers;
- Transit / transport: Uber / Lyft drivers / shared services / pharmacy delivery, workers in the ground passenger transport industry (for example, for people with disabilities, food delivery, non-urgent medical transport), non-massport workers be police;
- Convenience store workers (grocery store workers);
- Water and sewage services team
- Judicial system officials (judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, officials), except judicial officers listed as first respondents
- Medical supply chain workers
- Workers in manufacturers (including biotechnology companies and those companies that switched production to medical supplies), suppliers of materials and parts, technicians, logistics and storage operators, printers, packers, distributors of medical products and equipment (including outsourced logistics suppliers and those who test and repair), personal protective equipment (PPE), isolation barriers, medicinal gases, pharmaceutical products (including materials used in radioactive drugs), dietary supplements, commercial health products, blood and blood products, vaccines, test materials, laboratory supplies, cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting or sterilizing supplies (including dispensers), sanitary products, personal care products, pest control products and paper towels and tissue paper.
- Undertakers and undertakers
- Port workers and departure terminal
Vaccines are available to residents and / or skilled workers at more than 100 locations in Massachusetts, including several large-scale vaccination sites.
How do I make an appointment?
- Click on the map above. Having trouble viewing the embed? Click here
- Select a location, schedule an appointment online
- Have your important information with you, such as your insurance card
- Fill out the self-attestation form, which must be presented in your consultation
- When scheduling an appointment for your second dose, be sure to schedule through the same vaccination site as the first dose and follow the registration process for the second dose.
Map legend:
- Red star: Mass vaccination sites (large volume, large sites)
- Green star: General vaccination sites (health facilities)
- Blue star: general vaccination locations (pharmacies / grocery stores)
- Yellow star: Local vaccination sites (open to some cities / towns)