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If there was any time to get by with a little help from friends — or therapists — it’s during the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message of Wednesday night’s virtual town hall, co-hosted by the Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force, titled “Season of Change, Coping During COVID.” “We need to be physically distant,” said Larry Berkowitz, director of the Riverside Trauma Center. “The last thing we need is to be socially distanced. We have to find ways to support each other.�...

By WXTK News Feb 26, 2021 More details were provided on Thursday about a new large-scale Covid-19 vaccination site at Cape Cod Community College.  The head of Cape Cod Healthcare said four-thousand doses are expected to be dispensed next week.  The vaccination site is being run by CCH and Barnstable County and came out of a newly-formed regional vaccine consortium.  The immediate demographic being targeted is senior citizens and other vulnerable groups.  State Senator Julian Cyr said a...

Site could begin operations as soon as next week

Indonesia has begun to feel the impact of public activity restrictions (PPKM), with many regions witnessing a decline in the number of active cases, ...

Green zones on rise post micro-scale social restrictions: ministry 22nd February 2021 Acting director general of rural development at the Ministry of Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Ir. Rosyidah Rachmawaty, speaks during a press conference organized by the COVID-19 Response Task Force at the BNPB Building in Jakarta on Monday (February 22, 2021). (ANTARA/Katriana) Viewed from the development of village zoning, the number of villages in the green zone rose to 7,578 on Fe...

Cape Cod legislators continue to push Governor Charles D. Baker Jr. to increase the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Cape to help vaccinate its aging population.

Allyson Baker, of Marstons Mills, got up at 4 a.m. Thursday to make sure she got on the state vaccination registration website at exactly 8 a.m. She was one of thousands to be disappointed by the website, which crashed the first day vaccine registration opened to people 65 and up and others in the second tier of phase two of the states COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Baker, 70, said she was shut down throughout the morning but thought she managed later in the day to snag an appointment at Gillette St...

Cape Cod leaders frustrated with shift of doses from local to large-scale COVID vaccine sites Updated Feb 18, 2021; Posted Feb 18, 2021 In Falmouth, a sign in the Walgreens window on Friday told customers that the COVID-19 vaccine was not yet available at that location. Facebook Share By Chris Lisinski | State House News Service On the day that more than 1 million Massachusetts residents gained eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines, lawmakers and local officials from Cape Cod slammed Gov. Charlie...

FUOYE directs strict COVID-19 compliance as Ekiti shuts varsity Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti Following shutdown of its physical classes and laboratories by the Ekiti State COVID-19 Response Task Force following violation of guidelines, the management of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, on Sunday appealed to the university community and the public to remain calm and shun distractions that could hamper their academic target. FUOYE Deputy Director, Corporate Information Services, Adeyinka Ademuyiwa, ...

With the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout still early in its second phase, Gov. Charlie Baker urged residents to seek the immunization when it is their turn even if they previously contracted the virus.