THE SITUATION AT Logan International Airport’s Terminal E on Sunday stood in sharp contrast to the mayhem that unfolded at Chicago’s O’ Hare Airport and at New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport where hundreds of people were closely confined for hours in customs lines as officials scrambled to impose new health screening for the […]
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Baker applauds shutdown of Southie bars
State House News Service On a Sunday when many Bay Staters thought they’d be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, Gov. Charlie Baker was instead applauding Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for shutting down South Boston bars, and talking about emergency legislation to help businesses and workers ride out the coronavirus pandemic. Baker, who appeared live on WCVB’s […]
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Virus notes: Casinos closing; 1st Cape case, immigration changes
PRESIDENT TRUMP says he just took a COVID-19 test, there are 2,200 cases in the US with 50 deaths, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed its testing standards. The US is extending travel restrictions to the United Kingdom and Ireland after banning flights into the country from the rest of Europe on […]
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Despite virus, business as usual at immigration courts
IMMIGRATION COURTS are full of people, often pressed together in tight quarters. But the Executive Office of Immigration Review, which runs all immigration courts, has refused to shut down courtrooms nationwide, or develop a mitigation strategy to stem the spread of COVID-19. In Massachusetts, immigration attorneys and their clients are very concerned. Some, like East […]
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Baker bars gatherings of more than 250
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Friday issued an order prohibiting most gatherings of 250 or more people, but his administration stopped short of requiring all of the state’s K-12 schools to shut down. Toward the end of his State House press conference, which followed close on the heels of an earlier announcement regarding the postponement of […]
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Hospitals face mask shortages
AS HOSPITALS PREPARE to deal with a potential wave of coronavirus patients, hospital staff are already running short of the equipment they need to protect themselves from the contagious disease. “We will run out in the very near future of protective equipment, and it’s vital,” said Steve Walsh, president of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital […]
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Social distancing on a personal level
Now that just about everything is shutting down, it’s time to start thinking about social distancing at a personal level. The goal of social distancing is to reduce interactions between people to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. The first step is eliminating large gatherings of people to reduce the potential for widespread contamination. Most […]
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Social distancing on a personal level
NOW THAT JUST about everything is shutting down, it’s time to start thinking about social distancing at a personal level. The goal of social distancing is to reduce interactions between people to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. The first step is eliminating large gatherings of people to reduce the potential for widespread contamination. Most […]
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What’s behind the COVID-19 testing bottleneck
DOUG QUATTROCHI traveled to New York as the coronavirus outbreak was beginning there, then came home to Worcester and developed a fever and shortness of breath. His doctors ruled out pneumonia and the flu, but would not test for COVID-19 because he could not demonstrate that he had contact with a person known to be […]
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Virus notes: Discrimination warning issued
SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Rachael Rollins said she has received no official complaints about discrimination against Asian-Americans in connection with the coronavirus, but representatives of the community say incidents are occurring locally. At a press conference on the steps of the State House, Rep. Tackey Chan of Quincy said most of the incidents are taking place […]