Fenway Park to reopen as mass vaccination site for coronavirus boosters

A mass vaccination clinic will reopen at Fenway Park as soon as January in an effort to increase access to coronavirus booster shots as cases surge in Massachusetts, a state official has confirmed.

“The Baker-Polito Administration, with the Boston Red Sox, are finalizing plans to hold a high-throughput booster clinic at Fenway Park beginning in January, and more details will be available soon,” a spokeswoman from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

Baker is expected to make the announcement about the Fenway booster clinic later on Wednesday.

Red Sox spokeswoman Zineb Curran also confirmed that “the Red Sox are working with the Baker-Polito administration to finalize plans to make boosters available to Massachusetts residents at Fenway Park beginning in January.”

The announcement comes amid a holiday surge in coronavirus cases that is straining hospital capacity.

Baker has been pushing people to get their booster shots and has asked every city and town in the state to consider setting up local clinics to make it easier for residents to get vaccinated.

At roughly 5 million fully vaccinated people, more than 70% of Bay Staters are fully vaccinated against coronavirus, according to the latest State Department of Public Health data.

But less than one-third of fully vaccinated people have received boosters in Massachusetts, with barely 1.6 million rolling up their sleeves so far.

Herald wire services contributed to this report.

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