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Baker offers vaccines to ‘companions’ of those over 75

Also announces two more mass vaccination sites in Dartmouth, Natick

By Sarah Betancourt and Bruce Mohl COVID-19 vaccine, Marylou Sudders, vaccine 0 Comments Feb 10, 2021

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday said anyone bringing someone 75 and over to one of the state’s mass vaccination sites can also get inoculated even if it’s not their appointed time in the vaccine pecking order. Baker said he believed the new policy, which takes effect Thursday, will encourage more people 75 and over to(...)

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