BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts is getting 170,000 first doses of COVID vaccines this week and it includes 8,000 unexpected doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
A spokesperson for the state’s COVID Command Center told WBZ-TV Tuesday they weren’t expecting the extra Johnson & Johnson shots because the federal government said the next state allocation would come at the end of March.
READ MORE: Water Conservation Urged In Massachusetts Amid Dry SpellThe spokesperson called it a “modest increase.”
READ MORE: Massachusetts Reports 1,831 New COVID Cases, 8 Additional DeathsThe 170,000 doses does not include vaccines sent to places like CVS under the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
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