COVID-19 updates: Anti-vaccine protesters halt vaccinations at Dodger Stadium

Demonstrators carrying anti-mask and anti-vaccine signs blocked the entrance.

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Last Updated: February 2, 2021, 7:02 AM EST

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 102.5 million people worldwide and killed over 2.2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Jan 30, 2021, 9:41 PM EST

Boston Marathon director tapped for Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium mass vaccination sites

Dave McGillivray, the race director of the Boston Marathon, has been selected by the state of Massachusetts to run the mass vaccination operations at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park.

McGillivray owns DMSE Sports, which organizes and manages dozens of outdoor events every year. To help keep DMSE Sports afloat, McGillivray connected with CIC Health -- which operates the mass COVID-19 vaccination sites at Fenway Park and Gillette Stadium -- through the state of Massachusetts.

The main entrance at Fenway Park, where people eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19 can enter, in Boston on Jan. 29, 2021.
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Now, McGillivray is running logistics for both sites.

Fenway Park is the home of the Boston Red Sox, while Gillette Stadium, located in Foxborough, is the home stadium for the New England Patriots. The Gillette Stadium site opened two weeks ago, with Fenway officially opening Monday. Both sites are expected to administer 5,000 doses per day once fully up and running.

The Boston Marathon, usually held in April, has been postponed to October. The in-person event was canceled in 2020, though it was held virtually.

ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report.

Jan 30, 2021, 3:15 PM EST

Pentagon ‘pausing’ plan to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay detainees

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs John Kirby tweeted that the Pentagon is "pausing" the plan to move forward with vaccinations for detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

"We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols," Kirby said. "We remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe."

No detainees have been vaccinated yet, he said.

ABC News’ Molly Nagle contributed to this report.

Jan 30, 2021, 2:26 PM EST

California surpasses 40,000 deaths

Hard-hit California has surpassed 40,000 deaths from COVID-19, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.

At least 40,216 people in the Golden State have lost their lives, which equals about 1 in every 1,000 Californians.

Transporters prepare to move a body of a COVID-19 victim to a morgue at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2021.
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ABC News’ Matt Fuhrman contributed to this report.

Jan 30, 2021, 2:12 PM EST

Nashville's Music City Center opens as mass vaccination site

Nashville's Music City Center opened Saturday as a mass vaccination site.

Those 75 and older who already have an appointment booked can get vaccinated at the concert venue, according to ABC Nashville affiliate WKRN.

Music City Center stands in Nashville, Tenn., July 16, 2017.
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"We think that we’ll be able to do up to 1,000 first doses here and up to 1,000 second doses here a day, once we receive enough vaccine for that,” Metro Nashville Health Department Interim Medical Director Gill Wright told WKRN.

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