Plans are in place to bring more children in Massachusetts back to classrooms this spring --- even though COVID-19 continues to circulate throughout the state.
The roughly 50,000 mass vaccination site appointments that became available Thursday morning were mostly filled by 9:30 a.m. and the state advised people who were unable to secure themselves a shot..
The 50,0000 new COVID-19 vaccination appointments that went online Thursday at mass vaccination sites were "nearly filled" within 90 minutes of their release, officials said.
WBZ TV's Anna Meiler reports.
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