Can omicron overtake delta as dominant coronavirus variant?
Video: Can omicron overtake delta as dominant coronavirus variant? Updated: 6:48 PM EST Dec 6, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ERIKA: THE NEW OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 HAS BEEN DETECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MASSACHUTTS.SE BEN: THE PATIENT IS A WOMAN IN HER 20S FROM MIDDLESEX COUNTY. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY HER SYMPTOMS SO […]
Can omicron overtake delta as dominant coronavirus variant?
Video: Can omicron overtake delta as dominant coronavirus variant? Updated: 6:48 PM EST Dec 6, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ERIKA: THE NEW OMICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 HAS BEEN DETECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MASSACHUTTS.SE BEN: THE PATIENT IS A WOMAN IN HER 20S FROM MIDDLESEX COUNTY. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY HER SYMPTOMS SO […]
Hospitals are filling up, what can be done about the COVID-19 surge?
Hospitals are filling up, what can be done about the COVID-19 surge? Updated: 6:21 PM EST Dec 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RESIDENTS THAT VACCINATIONS ARE BE ING OFFERED FOR FREE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. JESSICA: WELL, YOU KNOW COVID NUMBERS ARE CERTAINLY HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AGAIN. THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHIT […]
National Guard to help schools operate COVID-19 ‘Test and Stay’ program
Members of the Massachusetts National Guard will be in some Lowell Public Schools starting next to help support that district’s participation in the state’s COVID-19 “Test and Stay” program. That program was established by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to allow students who have been identified as a close contact of someone who […]
City brings indoor mask mandate back
MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA ARE NEXT ON THE LIST. MASSACHUSETTS SITS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH 290 NEW CASES PER 100,000. THAT’S THE 17TH HIGHEST AVERAGE IN THE U..S ANTOINETTE: NOW TO CHELSEA WHERE THE CITY’S INDOOR MASK MANDATE JUST TOOK EFFE.CT AS OF 5:00 THIS MORNING, PEOPLE OLDER THAN TWO WILL NEED TO WEAR A […]
CDC: New Hampshire has highest COVID-19 case rate in nation
Advertisement CDC: New Hampshire has highest COVID-19 case rate in nation Active cases rise above 8,000 for second time in pandemic Updated: 11:10 PM EST Dec 2, 2021 Active COVID-19 cases hit a new high Thursday in New Hampshire, with health officials saying there are once again more than 8,000 known cases in the state.According […]
Boston doctor says more omicron COVID-19 cases in US are near certainty
Video: Boston doctor says more omicron COVID-19 cases in US are near certainty Updated: 6:14 PM EST Dec 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >> Announcer: YOU’RE WATCHING WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 AT 50.:3 JESSICA: THE FIRST CASE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE U.S.HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS DR. DANIEL […]
Boston doctor says more omicron COVID-19 cases in US are near certainty
Video: Boston doctor says more omicron COVID-19 cases in US are near certainty Updated: 6:14 PM EST Dec 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >> Announcer: YOU’RE WATCHING WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 AT 50.:3 JESSICA: THE FIRST CASE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE U.S.HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS DR. DANIEL […]
Are there COVID tests that can quickly identify variants? Boston doctor answers
Four major United States airports are now on high alert for COVID-19 cases caused by the troubling omicron variant.Dr. Helen Boucher, an infectious disease specialist at Tufts Medical Center, said there is a certain type of PCR test that can have a type of proxy for the presence of the omicron COVID-19 variant, which is […]
Multi-state vaccine passport system coming soon, Baker says
Massachusetts is partnering with as many as 20 other states in an effort to create a shared digital system through which residents can prove their COVID-19 vaccination status.Gov. Charlie Baker spoke about the development effort Monday during a radio interview. He explained the plan centers around a QR code — a digitally encoded pattern designed […]