May the joy of this season live in your heart all year through.

MelroseWakefield Hospital officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers working directly with COVID patients last Wednesday afternoon.

Lowell General Hospital received its first delivery of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, December 18, morning and began staff vaccination clinics the next day.

Front-line workers were the first to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a landmark day soaked with emotion and optimism at MelroseWakefield.

Fedex dropped off a small box full of big hopes at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Tuesday morning.“This is truly the answer we’ve been waiting for,” said Dr. Steven Sbardella, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer.

Caregivers at Tufts, as well as colleagues at two sister community hospitals, MelroseWakefield Hospital and Lowell General Hospital, were selected to be vaccinated Tuesday as hospitals start providing the first of the two shots required for the vaccine.

Frontline workers at Tufts Medical Center are among the first people in Boston to get the coronavirus vaccine.

“I’m absolutely going to get it, yes!,” said Dr. Steven Sbardella, the chief medical officer at MelroseWakefield Hospital. “I hope to be one of the first ones to get it.”

Tufts Medical Center is recognized with an ‘A’ Rating in the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for meeting the highest patient safety standards.

Add a little zest to your meals this winter – it’s citrus season!