SATURDAY, January 8
• Commuter Rail might be chopping again service for not less than two weeks because of the affect of COVID-19 on its workforce
• Massachusetts Lottery holds 3 COVID vaccine clinics this weekend
• Framingham Public Faculties are suspending extracurricular actions as a result of an increase in COVID circumstances
FRIDAY, January 7
• Massachusetts reviews 26,187 new COVID circumstances, positivity fee rises over 23%
THURSDAY, January 6
• Massachusetts reviews 24,570 new COVID circumstances, positivity fee rises to 22.43%
• 51,100 at Massachusetts faculties check optimistic for COVID-19 in final two weeks
• Massachusetts lawmaker information invoice to make at-home COVID assessments exempt from state gross sales tax
WEDNESDAY, January 5
• Massachusetts reviews 27,612 new COVID circumstances, new single day file
• Massachusetts COVID deaths surpass 20,000
• Fenway Park to reopen as COVID vaccine web site Thursday
• Boston Mayor urges vaccines, boosters as hospitals cope with COVID surge
• DESE says some KN95 masks given to colleges not examined by MIT, as Baker mentioned
• Framingham faculties droop extra-curricular actions for 2 weeks
• Boston superintendent Brenda Cassellius fills in as instructor amid staffing scarcity
• COVID sniffing canine search Norton Center College for traces of virus
TUESDAY, January 4
• COVID sniffing Okay-9s start working in Massachusetts faculties
• Massachusetts reviews 16,621 new COVID-19 circumstances, positivity fee now over 20%
• New Bedford Excessive College, Center College pause sports activities till Friday
• Weymouth Excessive College closed Wednesday as a result of staffing shortages
• Boston seeking to open “higher-capacity testing web site” throughout case surge
• Greater than 1,000 Boston academics, employees out on first day again after winter break
• Massachusetts emergency room docs, nurses say they’re overwhelmed
• Wellesley faculties to resume winter sports activities after pause as a result of COVID circumstances
MONDAY, January 3
• Massachusetts reviews 31,184 new COVID circumstances over 3 days, positivity fee hits new peak
• Gov. Baker and the DESE defend resolution to provide face masks to Mass. academics regardless of examine saying they do not provide a lot safety
• Hospitals in for “tough” January, says UMass Memorial Well being Care president
• FDA permits Pfizer booster pictures for teenagers ages 12-to-15
• 155 Boston faculty staff out sick following winter break
• Baker: “overwhelming majority” of Massachusetts faculties open after winter break, regardless of COVID issues
SATURDAY, January 1, 2022
• Massachusetts begins handing out 227,000 fast COVID-19 check kits for varsity academics, employees
• Over 80 flights canceled from Logan Airport, across the nation as Omicron causes airline staffing shortages