Starting today Massachusetts officials will change how they list COVID-19 hospitalizations in state data. Officials will now discern between those people who entered the hospital because of COVID or for some other reason even though they tested positive after admittance. In other words, whether admissions are primary or incidental to …
Read More »Massachusetts Gov. Baker’s administration launches tool for residents to access COVID-19 digital vaccine card
“My Vax Records” Provides New Option to Access Vaccine History and QR Code to Verify COVID-19 Vaccination. BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced a tool that gives residents a new way to access their COVID-19 digital vaccine card and vaccination history. The new tool, called My Vax Records, allows …
Read More »OPINION: “I am frustrated with New Bedford Schools and after-school program quarantine nonsense”
Do your children attend a New Bedford school or after-school program and been quarantined? How was it handled in your opinion? One New Bedford mom shares her disappointment. ___________________________________________________________________________ “Public school (#LincolnElementary) and after school program (#littlepeople’scollege) need to come to an agreement that makes sense for the parents. Either …
Read More »New Bedford’s Mayor Mitchell: “The city is down about 30 plow drivers because of COVID-19”
Did it take too long to have your street plowed? Your neighborhood? Come across streets that had not been plowed? Well, you can thank the recent COVID-19 surge for that. According to Mayor Jon Mitchell, the city is down about 30 plow drivers because of COVID-19. When New Bedford is …
Read More »Massachusetts Education Commissioner To Make Mask Mandate Decision Next Week
By Michael P. Norton State House News Service As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise across Massachusetts, including its schools, a decision about whether to extend the mask mandate in public schools will be announced next week, Education Commissioner Jeff Riley told local school officials. A Department of Elementary and …
Read More »COVID-19 Testing at South End New Bedford Fire Station Canceled Friday, Jan. 7, Due to Storm
Former Fire Station on Brock Avenue Will Add Testing Hours on Tuesdays Starting Next Week COVID-19 testing provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health at former Fire Station 11 in the South End has been canceled for Friday, Jan. 7, due to the expected winter storm. With several inches of snow …
Read More »New Bedford Public Schools Athletics pauses due to COVID
New Bedford Public Schools will be pausing all athletic practices and competitions through this Friday, January 7, due to an increase in positive COVID-19 cases among several different athletic teams, Superintendent Thomas Anderson announced today. “In consultation with the New Bedford Department of Health, we have been advised to …
Read More »Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tests positive for Coronavirus
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts announced Friday that she has tested positive for COVID-19. Pressley, 47, is the second member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation to test positive for COVID-19, the first being U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The Congresswoman who is fully vaccinated and boosted said she is only experiencing …
Read More »Bristol Community College hosting COVID-19 and Flu Vaccination Clinic
Bristol Community College will be hosting a COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinic on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, from noon to 4 p.m., at the Bristol Fall River Campus. The clinic is open to the general public, ages 12 and up, and will be distributing the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & …
Read More »Vaxed And Boosted Face “Extremely Low” Risk, Baker Says
By Chris Lisinski and Colin A. Young State House News Service People who have been both vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 face an “extremely low” risk from the fast-spreading omicron variant, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday as he defended his resistance to mandating mask-wearing or reimposing other mitigation measures. Top-ranking …
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