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Cape Cod Times Barnstable County officials announced Friday evening that they will hold "clean up" vaccination clinics Tuesday and Thursday in Orleans to accommodate all the people in phase one now cleared to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Charlie Baker announced this week that all groups in phase one —- including home health workers and non-COVID facing health care employees — are now eligible to be vaccinated. In response the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment said eligible residents can now register for the “Phase 1 Clean-up” vaccination clinic to be held fr...

The state Department of Public Health said in its Friday daily report that there are 5,074 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus in Massachusetts, including 129 on the Cape and Islands. Also on Friday, the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment announced it will launch a regionwide helpline phone number to answer COVID-related questions at 8 a.m., Tuesday. "Ten Cape Cod Medical Reserve Corps volunteers have been trained to answer questions about COVID-19, such as how to get a COVID-19 test or how to help someone navigate the three-phased approach to vaccination," county offic...

SANDWICH — "As a leader, you've got to lead from the front," Sandwich Police Chief Peter Wack said. Wack was the first person to receive a shot of the Moderna vaccine during a Monday clinic for Upper Cape first responders at the Sandwich Human Services building. Police and firefighters don’t have the luxury of sequestering themselves during the pandemic, as they routinely enter people’s homes, Wack said. The goal is to vaccinate “a large majority of the population so we can end this virus once and for all,” the chief said. Sandwich Assistant Town Manager Heather B. Harper said the c...