Massachusetts’ COVID-19 travel order will be downgraded to an advisory on Monday
Governor Baker’s office said today that the state’s travel order will be downgraded to a less onerous advisory. Also on Monday, Massachusetts will move forward to Phase 4, Step 1, of its economic reopening.
1,857 confirmed cases, 27 deaths, and 62,532 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.
The DPH said 25,630 people were estimated to have active cases of the potentially deadly virus, and 592 confirmed coronavirus patients were in the hospital.
Shirley Leung
Walsh one step away from labor secretary after Senate votes to end debate on his nomination
In the mayor’s race, some Boston business folks already have their candidate
No one has yet emerged as the “business candidate,” but business leaders tend to watch which way the political winds are blowing — i.e., who might actually win — before picking a horse in the race.
Atlanta police on shooting investigation: ‘Nothing is off the table’
A 21-year-old white man is charged with murder in the killings, which took place Tuesday. Six of those killed were women of Asian descent.
Asian American women shaken by Atlanta-area killings
Jeneé Osterheldt: Call the Atlanta killings what they are: racial terrorism
A 21-year-old white man is charged with murder in the killings, which took place Tuesday. Six of those killed were women of Asian descent.
Experts say COVID-19 case decline appears to be stalling, worry variants may be at work
Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and a leading expert on infectious diseases, issued a warning to the public via Twitter Wednesday night about the continued risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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