“It’s hard to see especially on Christmas, especially when these patients can’t have families at their bedside,” one Worcester doctor said.
Three people have drowned at Hillside Beach along Coes Reservoir since 2007, including one in 2020.
See when and where you can get a coronavirus test in Worceter the week of Dec. 21.
The library exposure comes as multiple other Worcester city offices have been touched by the pandemic.
The Worcester-based health care system will administer 500 vaccinations per day starting later this week as Phase 1 of the Pfizer rollout.
Worcester has added over 1,200 new coronavirus cases since Dec. 3, city officials said Thursday.
City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. is in isolation, and 20 other city employees are in quarantine after having contact with him.
The Worcester City Manager has declined to advance the city to the next phase of reopening citing a high number of local cases.
Worcester's Mercantile Center and Quinsigamond Community College will host testing the week of Dec. 7.
Worcester officials said this is the highest number of new cases in any week since the pandemic began.
Officials released new details Thursday about the field hospital and the services it will offer.
More than 100 nurses lined the street outside Saint Vincent Hospital on Tuesday to protest staffing cuts and personal protective equipment.
The special bike will give visitors a new view of the trail that runs along the Blackstone in Worcester and beyond.
In a pre-Thanksgiving press conference, Worcester officials warned residents that the city is "not in a good place right now."
There are two free coronavirus testing events in Worcester ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Worcester added nearly 700 new coronavirus cases in the past week, a new high in the second wave of the pandemic.
Clark President David Fithian told students in a letter, "this is not an emergency situation, it is serious."
The Worcester Family and Probate Court will be closed until Wednesday, according to state officials.
The DCU Center field hospital closed down last spring after coronavirus cases began receding.
Worcester officials want residents to get tested before heading to any family gatherings this year.
"We are not at a good place in the city of Worcester," the city manager said Thursday, announcing 518 new cases over the past week.
Gina Plata-Niño was among 100 volunteers in the vaccine trial at UMass Memorial Hospital.
Get a free test of flu shot at events in Worcester planned for Nov. 9, 10 and 12.
Worcester added 84 cases alone on Thursday, and 266 over the past week.
The cases stem from a service at Crossroads Church on Oct. 18, health officials said.
The lone pop-up testing and flu shot event in Worcester this week will happen Thursday.
"We're on the wrong track here," City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. said Thursday in front of a new memorial to the city's COVID-19 dead.
This week's events around Worcester will offer free coronavirus tests, vaccines, masks and other pandemic supplies.
The city manager says Worcester has an equipment stockpile, a new program for evictions and foreclosures and a vaccine distribution plan.
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Get a free test of flu shot at events in Worcester planned for Oct. 13, 14 and 15.
Fall school sports are canceled, and city officials say that people under 19 are increasingly testing positive for the virus.
A Worcester city attorney opinion gave the board cover to avoid public comment in a meeting about police reforms in August, documents show.
The rate of new infections jumped in Worcester over the last week, according to the weekly data release.
Great Brook Valley and Community Healthlink will host the events, and one will feature free flu shots.
State officials released the first report on coronavirus cases in public schools on Friday.
Massachusetts politicians used the first family's diagnosis as a reminder of the massive toll of the pandemic.
See the free Worcester coronavirus testing events for the week of Sept. 28.
Worcester's major colleges have not seen widespread coronavirus outbreaks so far this fall, according to each school's health data.
The largest hospital in central Massachusetts is trying to prevent a shortage, like what was seen when coronavirus hit last spring.