Michael Coughlin
FALL RIVER For the past ten months I’ve been writing about COVID-19 from a largely statewide perspective. Boards of Health in 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts have been and continue to battle the virus and are now working with the rest of the healthcare community to vaccinate the public.
This month and next I’ll focus on the COVID-19 experience here in Fall River. At the end of January, COVID-19 had sickened over 11,000 Fall River residents, resulting in almost 300 deaths. I recently spoke with Fall River Health and Humans Services Director Tess Curran for an update on the COVID-19 response here in Fall River.