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CMA 2021-232

An update on COVID-19

How it started
Nov 1, 2021 · Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager.
What happened
Nov 1, 2021 · 📁 Placed on file. This was an informative report; there were no decisions to make. (unanimous · one absent)

Voted yes (8), unanimous

  • Dennis Carlone
  • Patty Nolan
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
  • Timothy J. Toomey
  • Quinton Zondervan

Absent (1)

  • E. Denise Simmons
Roll call of Nov 1, 2021 · from the city’s record · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
🚪 End of the line: filing closes the matter. Nothing further is scheduled.
The document Agenda item attachment · 5 pages

Cases by Risk Category

Cases increased in the city and the county in the last month. Although cases decreased in the city last week, cases in the county remain high. ↑High ↑Substantial Indoor mask mandate in place Sept 3 ↑Moderate

COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Clinics

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King Open Clinics

November 10 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

King Open School

December 1 3:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

King Open School

Vaccines Offered:

Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine: Pediatric, Adult and Booster Doses

Flu Vaccine: Flu Shots and FluMist

CPHD and city partners administered 1,997 flu shots and 183 COVID-19 vaccines at the October clinics.

Other Updates

4 Testing To meet anticipated increased demand for COVID-19 testing during the holiday season, the City/CPHD are meeting with CIC on Wednesday, November 3 to plan expanding the city’s program to 5 days a week. In October, the city-run testing sites administered 11,020 tests, averaging 689 tests a session.

Case Investigation and Contact Tracing

With the closure of the state-contracted Community Tracing Collaborative in December, municipalities will assume full responsibility for case investigation and contact tracing. Cambridge, in partnership with Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop, was awarded a state grant to hire several case investigators and contract tracers to assist the four communities.

Emergency Dispensing Site Drill

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🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Nov 1, 2021