COVID-19 case surge at UMass prompts emergency order in Sunderland Published: 2/11/2021 11:23:34 AM SUNDERLAND — In response to a COVID-19 surge at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Board of Health voted Monday night in support of implementing an emergency order that sets a 25 percent capacity limit on businesses and requires they close by 9:30 p.m. The decision effectively reverses the state’s decision to increase the capacity limit on businesses from 25 percent to 40 percent on Monday. Gov. Charlie Baker had also announced in late January that he would be rescinding the early closure order. The Sunderland Board of Health’s order went into effect at 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Penalties for non-compliance remain what they’ve been throughout the pandemic, with fines ranging from $50 for a first offense to $200 for a third or subsequent offense.