The Provincetown Select Board has unanimously voted to enact an emergency indoor mask mandate effective immediately in the Massachusetts town in the wake of a COVID-19 cluster that has hundreds of positive associated cases.The Select Board made the vote during a joint emergency meeting with the Provincetown Board of Health Sunday evening.On July 19, Provincetown officials issued a mask advisory that asked people to wear masks indoors when social distancing could not be achieved.During the emergency meeting, the Select Board and Board of Health also voted to grant additional authority to Town Manager Alex Morse.On Saturday, Morse shared via Facebook that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is reporting that at least 430 confirmed COVID-19 cases are associated with the Provincetown cluster. Of these cases, 342 are Massachusetts residents and 153 of those people reside in Provincetown. The remainder of those who tested positive reside in other states.In his previous
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