Boston’s beloved Fenway Park will reopen as a COVID-19 vaccination site as Massachusetts drives to get more residents vaccinated and boosted, sources tell 5 Investigates. “The Red Sox are working with the Baker-Polito Administration and the City of Boston to finalize plans to make boosters available to Massachusetts residents at Fenway Park beginning in January,” Red Sox spokesperson Zineb Curran wrote in an email. “We are grateful for the leadership of Governor Baker, Lt. Governor Polito, and Mayor Wu on this vital service for our community and are proud to be able to lend our ballpark to help with this important effort.”During the ballpark’s first run as one of Massachusetts’ mass vaccination sites, more than 55,000 doses were administered. The operation moved from Fenway to the Hynes Convention Center at the end of March, to make way for the start of the baseball season. During that first operation, the program was operated for the state by CIC Health. It was one of seven mass vaccination sites set up across the state. Earlier this week, Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters that he believed vaccinations were a key to sheltering the state’s strained hospitals from an ongoing surge of cases.”If the unvaccinated got vaccinated, it would drop our hospitalizations by 50%,” Baker said.As of Tuesday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said more than 5 million residents are fully vaccinated with two doses of either the Pfizer of Moderna vaccines or one dose of the J&J vaccine. Another 1.62 million booster doses have been administered since they became available. Those who received Pfizer or Moderna shots first are eligible for booster shots if your last dose was at least six months ago and you’re over the age of 18.Anyone who got a J&J shot at least two months ago is eligible, regardless of age or other factors. The different rule is because the J&J vaccine was found to be less effective than two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer formulas, and health authorities decided it was important for the J&J recipients to achieve a similar level of protection.
Boston’s beloved Fenway Park will reopen as a COVID-19 vaccination site as Massachusetts drives to get more residents vaccinated and boosted, sources tell 5 Investigates.
“The Red Sox are working with the Baker-Polito Administration and the City of Boston to finalize plans to make boosters available to Massachusetts residents at Fenway Park beginning in January,” Red Sox spokesperson Zineb Curran wrote in an email. “We are grateful for the leadership of Governor Baker, Lt. Governor Polito, and Mayor Wu on this vital service for our community and are proud to be able to lend our ballpark to help with this important effort.”
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During the ballpark’s first run as one of Massachusetts’ mass vaccination sites, more than 55,000 doses were administered. The operation moved from Fenway to the Hynes Convention Center at the end of March, to make way for the start of the baseball season.
During that first operation, the program was operated for the state by CIC Health. It was one of seven mass vaccination sites set up across the state.
Earlier this week, Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters that he believed vaccinations were a key to sheltering the state’s strained hospitals from an ongoing surge of cases.
“If the unvaccinated got vaccinated, it would drop our hospitalizations by 50%,” Baker said.
As of Tuesday, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said more than 5 million residents are fully vaccinated with two doses of either the Pfizer of Moderna vaccines or one dose of the J&J vaccine. Another 1.62 million booster doses have been administered since they became available.
Those who received Pfizer or Moderna shots first are eligible for booster shots if your last dose was at least six months ago and you’re over the age of 18.
Anyone who got a J&J shot at least two months ago is eligible, regardless of age or other factors. The different rule is because the J&J vaccine was found to be less effective than two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer formulas, and health authorities decided it was important for the J&J recipients to achieve a similar level of protection.