With drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic open at GCC, Greenfield to close its site May 15
Volunteer Amy Podlenski and Franklin/Berkshire Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator Carmela Lanza-Weil at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
People are vaccinated in their vehicles and then directed to a waiting area at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, which opened April 22. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
People are vaccinated in their vehicles at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, which opened Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/25/2021 4:15:05 PM
Regional effort in works for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Jenny Potee, public health nurse for New Salem, gives Lori Lunn of New Salem a COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange last Wednesday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/7/2021 2:56:49 PM
While COVID-19 vaccine distribution got off to a rocky start earlier last week, it seemed to get a little better by week’s end, at least to the extent that some county seniors were receiving COVID-19 vaccines and more were planned for this week.
The city of Greenfield is preparing for its Phase 2 kickoff this week. Greenfield Interim Health Director Jennifer Hoffman said the city has 700 doses of the vaccine and will start to give first responders and “essential” personnel their second dose beginning Feb. 10, at the same time it will begin vaccinating seniors ages 75 and older.
COVID-19 numbers drop in region, no town in ‘red’
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Franklin County are trending downward, based on the state Department of Public Health’s most recent statistics that were released Thursday, while testing rates are on the rise. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Modified: 2/7/2021 2:49:16 PM
For the first time since before the holidays, there are no Franklin County or North Quabbin towns in the state’s “red” or highest-risk COVID-19 category this week, though five are in the “yellow” or higher-risk category.
Orange was the only town left in the “red” last week, but it moved into the yellow with 22 positive COVID-19 cases reported over the past two weeks, according to the most updated figures released Thursday by the state Department of Public Health. The state categorizes cities and towns based on population and the number of cases.
COVID-19 numbers drop in region, no town in ‘red’
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Franklin County are trending downward, based on the state Department of Public Health’s most recent statistics that were released Thursday, while testing rates are on the rise. Courtesy graphic/Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Published: 2/5/2021 4:16:55 PM
For the first time since before the holidays, there are no Franklin County or North Quabbin towns in the state’s “red” or highest-risk COVID-19 category this week, though five are in the “yellow” or higher-risk category.
Orange was the only town left in the “red” last week, but it moved into the yellow with 22 positive COVID-19 cases reported over the past two weeks, according to the most updated figures released Thursday by the state Department of Public Health. The state categorizes cities and towns based on population and the number of cases.
COVID-19 numbers continue to rise
Modified: 12/18/2020 5:07:39 PM
Five area towns are in the state’s “red,” or highest-risk, category this week because of a surge in numbers of positive COVID-19 cases, according to its weekly report.
Greenfield, Montague, Deerfield and Orange in Franklin County and Athol in the North Quabbin region saw numbers of cases rise over the past two weeks. The state reports that Greenfield has 134 cases, Montague has 46, Deerfield has 36, Orange has 26 and Athol has 78 cases. There are currently only three towns reporting zero cases: Hawley, Monroe and New Salem. State numbers can lag, so the numbers in each town could be off some.