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Burlington’s caseload of positive COVID-19 counts dropped slightly over the past week, with one new school case reported Friday, March 5 at Fox Hill Elementary.
Starting March 11, teachers, early educators and school staff members will be able to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine appointments through the state s 170 vaccination sites and mass vaccination sites plan to block off certain days to vaccinate educators, Gov. Charlie Baker said March 3.
The governor s announcement came as Baker and Education Commissioner Jeff Riley push for full-time, in-person education at all Massachusetts elementary schools by next month. Burlington public schools have had in-person elementary education since the beginning of the school year. Superintendent Eric Conti told the Burlington School Committee last week that the district was preparing for a full return to in-person education in September.
About 950 schools in Massachusetts are administering weekly pooled Covid-19 tests to about 300,000 teachers, students and staff, Gov. Baker said Friday from a Newburyport school. The Nock-Molin Middle School is among the participants in the state’s pool testing program, an initiative Baker announced last month with the goal of providing a more efficient screening method for
With Massachusetts expecting to see its supply of COVID-19 vaccine increase over the coming weeks, Senate President Karen Spilka on Tuesday said Gov. Charlie.