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Onset-based cluster produces 13 new COVID cases
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WAREHAM - After weeks with no COVID cases, the latest tally as of July 17 was 13 new cases, and six probable from a cluster in Onset.
Wareham Public Health Director Patrick MacDonald said the town was working with the state Department of Public Health on contact tracing.
He said they hoped to be able to confine the outbreak to the one cluster.
The first person to test positive didn’t know where they had possibly picked it up, he said in response to Health Board Chair Amy Wiegandt’s question as to whether it initially came from a person from out of state.
Madison Czopek Jun 3, 2021
From top left: Board of Health Chairman Amy Wiegandt, Wareham Health Department health inspector Patrick MacDonald, Board of Health associate member Kathleen Waldron, associate member Lawrence Perry, Board of Selectmen liaison to the Board of Health Judith Whiteside, Glenn Leger and Nouria Attorney Jilian Morton.
A photo of the old Maxi Gas station taken in April 2019. The station is located roughly across the street from Walmart. Photo by: Chloe Shelford
The Nouria gas station and convenience store set to open at 2416 Cranberry Highway at the same site as the old Maxi Gas, roughly across from Walmart hopes to sell tobacco products.
Wareham Health Director Bob Ethier leaving post
Health Board Chairman Dr. Amy Wiegandt made the announcement during the board’s meeting Wednesday.
She said she was sad that Ethier was leaving, and that he had been “a huge asset to the town.”
Ethier thanked her, saying he appreciated the praise. He added to the members, “You’ve been a wonderful board.”
Ethier also reported during the meeting that the latest weekly tally of positive COVID cases in town was 16, and eight probable. Since March 2020, there have been 1,724 total cases, 156 probable and 68 deaths, he said.
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