Coronavirus vaccines for Massachusetts residents unable to leave their homes will become available as part of a program set to launch Monday.
The statewide initiative will support in-home vaccinations for some 25,000 residents unable to leave their homes due to medical conditions or other circumstances and can't make it to one of the state's vaccination sites.
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The program will utilize the one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
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About 170 cities and towns in the Bay State will have local boards of health administer the vaccine, while the remaining communities will be assisted by a statewide service operated by the Commonwealth Care Alliance.
One woman, Amy, said she was finally able to get a vaccine appointment for her 90-year-old grandfather thanks to the service.
“The whole point of the rollout is to do the elderly and the most people vulnerable first, but we’ve left behind a lot of the people,” she said.
