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Approaching the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus public health emergency in Massachusetts on Wednesday, there is optimism as new COVID-19 cases fall and vaccinations increase.
In Springfield, the weekly tally of new COVID-19 cases continues to decline from the peaks of earlier this winter.
The numbers are skewing better, said Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno.
Speaking at his weekly COVID-19 response briefing, Sarno said there were 391 new confirmed cases of the disease last week, down from 414 the week before. Springfield recorded 4,496 cases last December, 4,342 in January and 2170 last month.
We are heading in the right direction, Sarno said. We can t let our guard down. We must stay ever vigilant and we ll continue to work together and soon someday we won t have to wear these masks.
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“There’s so much we don’t know,” said Springfield’s Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris at the city council COVID-19 response committee meeting.
Springfield’s city councilors met on Tuesday via Zoom to discuss the data sent by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on the numbers of those vaccinated in the city.
The state-run, super vaccination site at the Eastfield Mall submitted the numbers by zip code to the chair of the COVID-19 response team and Springfield City Councilor Jesse Lederman.
Walk-in COVID testing now available each Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Middle School in Springfield
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Medical personnel Steve Nooney and Maura Shea patiently waited for Springfield residents in need of COVID-19 testing at two desks at the side of the John F. Kennedy Middle School gymnasium on Wednesday.
A total of 13 people had already received testing at the location within the first hour it opened.
Each Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., American Medical Response staff will be at the school on 1385 Berkshire Ave. providing the tests that take up to 72 hours for results to return. Located in Indian Orchard, the site was announced by Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris and AMR on Feb. 12.