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CMA 2021-47

An update on the COVID-19 vaccination rollout

How it started
Mar 15, 2021 · Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager.
What happened
Mar 15, 2021 · 📁 Placed on file. This was an informative report; there were no decisions to make. (unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Quinton Zondervan
Roll call of Mar 15, 2021 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
🚪 End of the line: filing closes the matter. Nothing further is scheduled.
The document Agenda item attachment · 13 pages

State Vaccine Updates

1 Massachusetts Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Municipality Vaccination Report, March 11, 2021. 2 Massachusetts Department of Public Health Daily COVID-19 Vaccine Reports (Feb. 28 and March 11). ●22% of Massachusetts residents have received at least one dose of vaccine, as March 11.1 ●MA vaccine supply remains constrained; the state is receiving under 400,000 doses a week from the federal government. ●The state launched a weekly municipal vaccination report with detailed local data. 2

City Vaccine Update

Phase 2 Eligible Groups

The Cambridge Pandemic Collaborative (CPC) began

administering vaccines in early January. As of March 12: ●2,289 eligible people had received at least one dose (Moderna) or the single-dose vaccine (J&J) at City-run clinics. ●98% of Moderna vaccine received had been administered. ●Cambridge Housing Authority senior/disabled housing 755 people had received at least one dose of vaccine, (625 Moderna 1st doses + 130 J&J vaccine), of whom 86% are fully vaccinated. ●Cambridge Court Apartments: Through a partnership with Cambridge Court Apartments, the CPC will be able to provided 100 first and second doses. ●CPHD has adequate supply to administer 2nd doses to all who received a 1st dose. 6

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

7 ●CPHD has received 800 doses of the single-dose J & J vaccine, of which 130 doses had been administered in eligible CHA housing buildings, as of March 12. ●All three COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to have remarkable efficacy in preventing serious impacts of the virus, including hospitalizations and deaths. ●Our motto: The best vaccine is the one you can receive the soonest!

City Vaccine Update:

Homebound Vaccination Program

●Per state guidance, CPHD will be administering vaccine to eligible homebound residents. ●Eligibility for individuals who cannot leave home with assistance or significant support: Those who are bedbound Those with cognitive/behavioral issues (dementia) Those with mobility issues/frail individuals ●City partners and others groups will work with CPHD to identify all residents who meet the criteria for homebound status. 8 9

City Vaccine Update

Vaccination Race/Ethnicity Data

The proportion of Cambridge residents by race and ethnicity who have received at least one dose of vaccine in Cambridge and Massachusetts: Race/Ethnicity Cambridge1 MA2 Asian 9% 13% Black 18% 15% Hispanic/Latinx 9% 8% Multiracial 14% 20% White 19% 22% Total % of all residents who have received at least one dose 18% 22% ¹MA Department of Public Health Weekly COVID-19 Municipality Vaccination Report, March 11, 2021.² Race/Ethnicity Data: MA Department of Public Health Weekly Vaccine Report, March 11, 2021.

Vaccination of CPS Teachers/Staff

●Cambridge Health Alliance has offered 100 of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to CPS in collaboration with CPHD. ●Certain CPS staff who have been working in-person throughout the pandemic, and who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. ●The Cambridge Pandemic Collaborative remains ready and able to stand up a vaccination site at CambridgeSide where we would be able to vaccinate all 2,000+ CPS staff if needed. 10

COVID-19 Vaccine Communications

Clinician Speakers Bureau Outreach:

●Community Charter School (two forums for parents, March 4) ●Buckingham Browne & Nichols School (BB&N) parents and caregivers (March 12) ●CPS Educators and Staff (March 24) ●Cambridge Learning Center (Date /TBD) ●Cambridge Community Center (Date TBD) ●Faith Community (Dates TBD) ●Immigrant communities (securing clinicians with additional language fluency, e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)

Cambridge Community Corps (C3)

●C3 members will be doing outreach in parks now that the weather is getting warmer. ●Focus on vaccine outreach. 11

COVID-19 Pandemic: One Year Later

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COVID-19: Flu Clinics 2020

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Mar 15, 2021