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Birmingham: The city on Tuesday extended a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, even as the statewide mandate expires. The City Council voted to extend the mask requirement through May 24. The decision came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Alabama will receive $44 million to expand vaccination efforts. Alabama ranks last in the country for the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to CDC data. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said the mask ordinance is needed because COVID-19 continues to be a health threat, and most people in the city and the state have not been fully vaccinated. Woodfin said many local businesses also urged the city to keep the mask ordinance in place. “We will continue to make decisions that we be
Northeastern University announced Tuesday that students are required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, before returning to campus in the fall.Pat Greenhouse/GLOBE STAFF
If everything goes according to plan, the fall semester at some Massachusetts universities could resemble pre-pandemic life. Dining halls brimming with students. Lecture halls sans social distancing. Math, history, and business majors mingling around campus, each with a patch of grass to call their own.
This ideal future rests on one major factor: widespread vaccination.
Thousands of university students, already robbed of the traditional four-year experience, eagerly await their shots and an end to Zoom classes. But students face obstacles as they navigate the vaccine distribution process. Living between states â with just weeks until the spring semester ends â could present a challenge for those receiving the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer shots. And a growing number of college administrations are st
Emerson College shutting down student activities amid spike in COVID cases on campus
Updated 6:50 AM;
By Chris Lisinski | State House News Service
Emerson College will prohibit in-person student activities for at least the next week amid a spike in COVID-19 cases on campus, school officials announced Wednesday.
The new policy bans all in-person gatherings including athletics through at least the end of the day on April 14, closes the Fitness Center for the next week, and requires all meals at the Dining Center to be grab-and-go options.
Students should only leave their residences to attend classes, study in the library in a socially distanced manner, pick up food, exercise outdoors, seek medical care or COVID testing, or to get to and from work, Emerson officials said.
Gov. Baker no fan of vaccine passports - at least not now
April 8, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker isn’t a big fan of “vaccine passports” at least not now.
The passports are meant to allow those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to have greater access to public places as the state and country slowly emerges from the pandemic.
Asked if he would favor such a program in Massachusetts on Wednesday, Baker said, “No. No. No.”
Baker said he continues to be focused on getting vaccine doses into the arms of Massachusetts residents.
“I want to vaccinate people. Let’s get people vaccinated,” the Republican said during a press conference. “I think having a conversation about creating a barrier before people have even had an opportunity to be eligible to be vaccinated let’s focus on getting people vaccinated.”