US state gives vaccines to aides for elderly, drawing criticism

Massachusetts giving vaccine priority to elderly residents’ aides fuels frustrations of those still waiting for jabs.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States – Halee Barlow cannot wait for the COVID-19 vaccine. But it is not for her. She is desperate to get her father vaccinated – and soon. Brian Barlow, of Sutton, Massachusetts, about 77 kilometres (48 miles) west of Boston, is terminally ill with liver cancer and immuno-compromised enough to put him at higher risk for serious illness or death from the disease caused by the coronavirus.