Phase 2 Of MA's COVID-19 Vaccination Plan Begins: Who's Eligible

Seniors, educators and everyday workers are among those who will soon be eligible during the second phase of the coronavirus vaccine distribution plan in Massachusetts.

Phase Two started Monday by allowing anyone 75 or older to get vaccinated. They will be followed by people 65 and older, people in low-income and affordable senior housing and those with two medical conditions that put them at increased risk for severe illness.

Those eligible can get vaccinated at one of the state's mass vaccination sites, including Gillette Stadium, Fenway Park, the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Danvers and the Eastfield Mall in Springfield.

Eligible people can also be vaccinated at a general site, which includes pharmacies and grocery stores such as CVS and Stop & Shops, and local sites open to residents and workers in certain communities.

For a full list of vaccination sites, see the bottom of this story or go here.

The rollout has been rocky so far, with complaints about the difficulty of navigating the state webpage to sign up seniors for vaccination appointments. People can go here to begin the process.

Adding to the difficulty will be Monday's weather, which is expected to produce more than foot of snow in parts of Massachusetts. Monday's vaccination appointments at the Reggie Lewis Center have already been rescheduled to Feb. 8.

The rest of Phase Two will include the following groups:

• Other workers, including:
  • Early education, K-12, transit, grocery, utility, food and agriculture, restaurant and cafe workers;
  • Employees across the food, beverages, agriculture, consumer goods, retail, and foodservice sectors;
  • Meatpackers;
  • Sanitation, public works and public health workers;
  • Vaccine development workers;
  • Food pantry workers and volunteers;
  • Transit/transportation: Uber/Lyft/ride share services/pharmacy delivery drivers, workers in the passenger ground transportation industry (e.g. paratransit for people with Disabilities, food delivery, non-urgent medical transport), Massport workers other than police;
  • Convenience store workers (under grocery workers);
  • Water and wastewater utility staff
  • Court system workers (judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, clerks), other than court officers who are listed under first responders
  • Medical supply chain workers
    • Workers at manufacturers (including biotechnology companies and those companies that have shifted production to medical supplies), materials and parts suppliers, technicians, logistics and warehouse operators, printers, packagers, distributors of medical products and equipment (including third party logistics providers, and those who test and repair), personal protective equipment (PPE), isolation barriers, medical gases, pharmaceuticals (including materials used in radioactive drugs), dietary supplements, commercial health products, blood and blood products, vaccines, testing materials, laboratory supplies, cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting or sterilization supplies (including dispensers), sanitary goods, personal care products, pest control products, and tissue and paper towel products.
  • Funeral directors and funeral workers
  • Shipping port and terminal workers
• Individuals with one certain medical condition

Phase three will include the general public. That is scheduled to begin in April.

Mike Carraggi can be reached at mike.carraggi@patch.com. Follow him on Twitter @PatchCarraggi. Subscribe to Boston Patch for free local news and alerts and like us on Facebook.