'It’s Going To Be All Hands On Deck:' Communities Prepare To Dole Out COVID Vaccine

SOMERVILLE, MA — The much-anticipated roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine has Massachusetts cities and towns already preparing drive-through clinics.

“Drive-up, walk-up, bike-up venues like we did for the flu vaccination,” said Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone. “We’ll look at mobile operations to bring to areas of the city that have been hit particularly hardest.” He said his city needs volunteers to help dole out doses. “It’s going be all hands on deck.”

Salisbury also put out that call, eyeing the State Reservation as a regional distribution site for its residents and six surrounding communities. “We’ll need people with medical background, clerical background, set up, food, law enforcement,” said Salisbury Public Health Director Jack Morris.

Read more at CBS Boston