Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first COVID-19 diagnostic test for self-testing at home and that provides rapid results. The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit is a molecular (real-time loop mediated amplification reaction) single use test that is intended to detect …
Read More »Need a Covid Test? Free Testing is Available in New Bedford & Fall River
We often get asked “where can I get a Covid test?” Fortunately in both New Bedford and Fall River there are several options. Get tested, stay safe, wear your masks, avoid crowds and wash your hands. Directly from the state of MA website: Stop the Spread The Commonwealth is launching …
Read More »Governor Baker to re-establish field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that the first field hospital will be stood up at the DCU Center in Worcester as the Commonwealth prepares additional capacity for COVID-19 patients. This site will be built by the National Guard and is the first field hospital to re-open in the state since …
Read More »Massachusetts Sheriffs re-arrest repeat offenders who were released due to COVID-19
Hampden County Sheriff Cocchi announced today that over the past several months, more than a dozen individuals released by the courts due to the COVID-19 Pandemic were re-arrested by the department’s apprehension team after committing new crimes in the community. One of these individuals, who was previously released, cut off …
Read More »Field hospitals going up in Massachusetts in preparation for fall and winter COVID-19 surge
By Matt Murphy State House News Service In April when the state began setting up field hospitals in Boston, Worcester and elsewhere to deal with the crushing volume of COVID-19 patients needing care, more than 2,000 people a day were being diagnosed with the virus and hospitals were seeing coronavirus …
Read More »2,000+ new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations above 600 in Massachusetts
Colin A. Young State House News Service Another 2,047 cases of the coronavirus and 21 COVID-19 deaths were added to the state’s grand totals Tuesday as the percent of tests that come back positive for the virus continues to climb. The Department of Public Health’s report for Tuesday increased the …
Read More »Surge continues in Massachusetts with over 4,000 COVID-19 cases over weekend
Matt Murphy State House News Service The week began Monday with the state tracking 22,023 active cases of COVID-19 after public health officials reported 4,009 new cases of the coronavirus over the weekend and 43 new confirmed deaths from the disease. The Department of Public Health reported on Sunday that …
Read More »New State guidance urges in-person schooling in Massachusetts
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service In the midst of a COVID-19 surge and after weeks of prodding schools through press conferences and memos to bring more students back into classrooms, the Baker administration upped the ante Friday by formally urging all communities to avoid remote-only education wherever possible. …
Read More »More than 140 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at Massachusetts jail
Norfolk is one of the 16 cities in Massachusetts that have been designated by state officials to be of high-risk for COVID-19. A week ago the Massachusetts Department of Corrections ordered facility-wide testing at MCI-Norfolk after two inmates tested positive for COVID-19. More than 1,200 inmates were tested and presently …
Read More »Acushnet Fire & EMS utilize CARES Act funds for COVID testing trailer
“If you have driven by the station the past few days you have probably noticed our newest addition. With CARES Act funds made available by the Board of Selectmen, we have purchased an 18-foot trailer from which we will continue our COVID testing initiative during the colder months. The trailer …
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