Cuyahoga County stay-at-home advisory extended until Jan. 15 Armond Budish announced Friday that the county will extend its stay-at-home advisory until January 5. (Source: Bivins, Brittany) By Stephanie Czekalinski | December 18, 2020 at 3:37 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 3:54 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cuyahoga County has extended the stay-at-home advisory until January 15.
“These are critical weeks. We have to follow the stay at home advisory and all the other protocols,” said county executive Armond Budish in a Tweet Friday. “We know they work, if you follow them.”
“This pandemic has been getting worse, not better. And while the vaccines are providing hope, we still have some cold, dark, dangerous months to survive,” he added. “To that end, I am announcing that our County Board of Health is extending the Stay at Home Advisory until [Jan. 15, 2021].”
New measures are being taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect hospital capacity.
In an effort to reduce the further spread of COVID-19 and its impact on Boston s health care system and essential services, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that effective Wednesday, December 16, the City of Boston will return back to a modified Phase Two, Step Two of the Reopening Massachusetts plan. Mayors and city leaders from Massachusetts are joining Boston in announcing similar restrictions in their cities and towns, including Arlington, Brockton, Lynn, Newton, Somerville, and Winthrop. Unfortunately, we are at the point where we need to take stronger action to control COVID-19 in Boston, and urgently, to ensure our health care workers have the capacity to care for everyone in need, said Mayor Walsh. We are hopeful that by reducing opportunities for transmission throughout the region, we will reduce the spread of this deadly virus and maintain our ability to keep critica
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Arlington will roll back its reopening plan to a modified version of Phase 2, Step 2. (Shutterstock)
ARLINGTON, MA Arlington will roll back its reopening plan to a modified version of Phase 2, Step 2 as part of a regional effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In Arlington, case counts have grown at an alarming rate over the past two months, with 66 cases in October, 181 cases in November and 169 cases as of Dec. 13, town officials said.
Arlington joins Boston, Somerville, Newton, Brockton and Lynn in enacting new health and safety restrictions. The changes will take effect Wednesday, Dec. 16 and will remain in place for at least three weeks.
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