Manchester health officials optimistic as COVID-19 cases trend down
Vaccination programs continue in state's largest city
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Updated: 6:55 PM EST Mar 4, 2021
Vaccination programs continue in state's largest city
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Updated: 6:55 PM EST Mar 4, 2021
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THE NUMBERS ARE ENCOURAGING, BUT THIS IS NO TIME TO LET OUR GUARD DOWN. THAT’S THE MESSAGE FROM MANCHESTER’S MAYOR AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THE STATE’S LARGEST CITY HAVE PLATEAUED AFTER A POST-HOLIDAY SURGE, AVERAGING ABOUT 20 PER DAY. IT’S 20 PER DAY, WHICH IS DEFINITELY DOWN FROM THAT SURGE, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE SAW A THE END OF THE FIRST SURGE IN SPRING OF LAST YEAR, SO WE’RE DEFINITELY AT THIS POINT WHERE THINGS HAVE FLATTENED OU ANDY: CITY OFFICIALS HELD A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL ON COVID 1 ONE OF SEVERAL SIMILAR MEETINGS THEY’VE HAD IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ON A VARIETY OF TOPIC PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IN SIX WEEKS, THEY’VE DELIVERED 1400 FIRST DOSES AND 200 SECOND DOSES OF VACCINE TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SOCIA MENTAL, OR LANGUAGE BARRIERS. >> THAT RANGES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSING UNSTABLE, TO THOSE WHO CAN’T GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSING UNITS, BRINGING THE VACCINE DOOR TO DOOR IN SOME INSTANCE THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE’VE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST MONTH, MONTH AND A HAL ANDY: WHILE MOST OF THE FOCUS IS ON THE HEALTH IMPACT OF COVID 19, MAYOR JOYCE CRAIG SAYS THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A FINANCIAL IMPACT LOSING MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN PARKING REVENUE ALONE. >> -- ANDY: MAYOR CRAIG SAYS SHE’S EXCITED THAT THE FISHER CATS WILL BE ALLOWING FANS FOR GAMES AND THEY ARE HOPING TO START OUTDOOR DINING BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS M