Mayor Jon Mitchell and the Board of Health have rescinded an earlier restriction on nursing home and senior living visits, due to the widespread vaccination of residents at those facilities. On December 14, the Mayor and Board of Health prohibited visitation at nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and senior living …
Read More »City of New Bedford, Mayor Jon Mitchell, mourn loss of longtime carpenter Pierre Tremblay due to COVID-19
“I’m saddened by the news that Pierre Tremblay, a longtime carpenter in the City’s Department of Facilities and Fleet Management, passed away this week from complications of Covid-19. It was shocking news to all of us who called Pierre a friend and colleague. Pierre was a masterful craftsman, whose skill …
Read More »More than 600,000 people in Massachusetts fully vaccinated
Colin A. Young State House News Service More than 62,000 vaccine doses were administered in the 24-hour period between updates from the Department of Public Health. As of Thursday, there were 1,316,691 people in the Bay State who had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, an increase …
Read More »Massachusetts Teachers Now Eligible For Vaccines on March 11
By Colin A. Young State House News Service Starting March 11, teachers, early educators and school staff members will be able to try to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments through any of the state’s 170 vaccination sites and mass vaccination sites plan to block off certain days to vaccinate …
Read More »Massachusetts COVID Vaccination Totals Catch Up With Infections
By Colin A. Young State House News Service As Massachusetts enters the second month of March to be shaded by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of people here who have been fully vaccinated is roughly equal to the number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 over the last …
Read More »COVID-19 Update: FDA issues authorization for Quidel QuickVue At-Home COVID-19 test
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Quidel QuickVue At-Home COVID-19 Test, another antigen test where certain individuals can rapidly collect and test their sample at home, without needing to send a sample to a laboratory for analysis. The QuickVue At-Home COVID-19 …
Read More »New Bedford man fed up with Gov. Baker’s treatment of working middle class Americans
“I think it’s time we start asking Mr. Baker what the dept of unemployment is doing with the working people’s money. Why is it taking so long for funds to be sent to us working-class Americans? Why am I waiting 2 months for unemployment? Why after 5 weeks has an …
Read More »Acushnet Fire Chief Gallagher: “This is not over yet. Remain vigilant.”
“This past Friday and Saturday we tested 106 individuals. With all testing completed, one person was found to be positive. That is a percentage positivity rate of less than 1%. “The virus is still here. One Acushnet resident received the news this morning that none of us want to get. …
Read More »Massachusetts Lawmakers Confront Baker on Vaccine Rollout
By Colin A. Young State House News Service Gov. Charlie Baker spoke about the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout and engaged in a back-and-forth on the particulars of the effort with the Legislature’s COVID-19 committee for an hour Thursday, but co-chair Rep. Bill Driscoll thought the gravity of the issues residents …
Read More »Governor Baker Announces Plans for Continued Reopening
Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts would advance to Step 2 of Phase III of the state’s reopening plan on Monday, March 1, and also announced its plan to transition to Step 1 of Phase IV on Monday, March 22. With public health metrics continuing to trend in a …
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