Coronavirus

Bristol County correctional facilities are free of the COVID-19 virus. No staff members, county inmates or ICE detainees in BCSO custody have tested positive for COVID-19 since July 10, and every individual who has tested positive since the pandemic began has made a full recovery. “We’re not out of the …

“Earlier today I went, without an appointment, to the taxpayer-funded Covid-19 testing van located for the day at Seven Hills in the South End of New Bedford. The staff was exceptionally pleasant, the process was easy and — as you can see — the test is self-administered. I was asked …

A 51-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national subject to mandatory detention under federal law in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Glades County Detention Center (GCDC) in Florida died Sunday afternoon at a Palm Beach County hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for several weeks. Onoval …

The “Stop the spread” free testing COVID-19 virus testing van is coming to New Bedford on Tuesday July 14, 2020 1pm-4pm at the corner of Wing and Pleasant Streets. For more information call 774-285-4499.

COVID-19 cases are almost nonexistent in Bristol County correctional facilities. Since June 19, only one staff member and one inmate have tested positive for COVID-19. The staff member, a corrections officer, has recovered and returned to duty. The inmate is currently in medical isolation being monitored by health care professionals …

By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Black Barnstable County residents have contracted COVID-19 at a rate three times as high as the county’s white residents, an “alarming” trend that Cape Cod leaders said warrants passage of emergency sick time legislation and dedicating more resources toward data collection. Citing new …

Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced the launch of free COVID-19 testing sites in eight communities from July 10 to August 14 to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The New Bedford free testing details: This “Stop the Spread” initiative is a data-driven effort to reduce the prevalence of COVID-19 in …

While there have been many changes during the COVID-19 state of emergency, the importance of filling out the 2020 Census remains a top priority to ensure New Bedford is counted in the federal census. The New Bedford Census Help Centers have gone virtual, and will now be accessible by phone, …

MaskNB, an initiative announced earlier this year by Mayor Jon Mitchell in partnership with the Southeastern Massachusetts chapter of the American Red Cross and Joseph Abboud Manufacturing Corporation, announces additional mask distribution in July and August with more drive-through distribution events at the three New Bedford middle schools’ parking lots. …

As part of continued action to protect the American public, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and health care professionals about hand sanitizer products containing methanol, or wood alcohol — a substance often used to create fuel and antifreeze that is not an acceptable active ingredient for …