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Category: COVID-19

A ‘soft opening’ for Cape Cod’s summer season

After months of stay-at-home advisories, tourists and locals alike may have been wary of venturing into potentially crowded streets amid the coronavirus, or high unemployment may have sapped the money […]

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Massachusetts Reopening Plan by Industry Sectors

Governor Charlie Baker announced the following industry sectors may open, with guidance, in Phase I on the following dates: May 18 – Travel: all travelers to MA urged to self-quarantine for […]

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Response Activities Continue in Barnstable County as  COVID-19 Cases Decline

BCREPC Media Release   Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee Media Release 011 – COVID-19   For Immediate Release Response Activities Continue in Barnstable County as  COVID-19 Cases Decline  BARNSTABLE (MA) May […]

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Answer The Call And Help Stop The Spread Of COVID-19

The MA COVID Team and local boards of health are working together on a contact tracing program to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts. Contact tracing is an […]

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Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

In this observational study involving patients with Covid-19 who had been admitted to the hospital, hydroxychloroquine administration was not associated with either a greatly lowered or an increased risk of […]

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NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics

The National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies, a pivotal component needed to return to normal during this […]

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Quidel diagnostic gives quick COVID19 results but it’s less than perfect

The FDA gave emergency use authorization (EUA) late Friday to the first SARS-CoV-2 antigen test, which provides results indicating active infection in 15 minutes. It’s less sensitive than the current […]

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COVID-19 patients on Cape take different paths to recovery

For COVID-19 patients, the path to recovery contains many unknowns, even for people with mild to moderate cases. “People can and do recover, and we need to remember that,” Public […]

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Provincetown calls halt to major events this year

Following the lead of Wellfleet, Provincetown has halted all parades, town-sponsored events and applications for the use of town property for the rest of the year.

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