A COVID-19 update

How it started

Dec 6, 2021 · Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager.

What happened

Dec 6, 2021 · 📁 Placed on file. This was an informative report; there were no decisions to make. (unanimous · one absent)

Voted yes (8), unanimous

Dennis Carlone
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Timothy J. Toomey
Quinton Zondervan

Absent (1)

Patty Nolan

Roll call of Dec 6, 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 · 10 pages

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Number of COVID-19 Patients in Hospital

April 4, 2020 - Dec. 1 2021 On Dec. 1, there were 989 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Massachusetts. Of those people, 370 (37%) were reported to be fully vaccinated.

Indoor Mask Mandate Metrics

7 Metric Status Low Community Transmission Levels in

Middlesex County

HIGH transmission

Availability of vaccines for younger children

YES: age 5 - 11

NO: < age 5

Availability of boosters for eligible residents

YES: Available

LIMITED: Access

Fall/winter holidays and the tendency for people to gather indoors

YES: Current

holiday surge New variant(s) of concern/ Other game changers

YES: Omicron

Transition from Community Tracing

Collaborative (CTC)to Locals

8 ●State is ending its contract with the CTC on December 30 ●Contract tracing and case investigation will transfer to local public health ●State guidelines are shifting to prioritize areas of greatest need ●CPHD is working with grant-funded partners (Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop) to be responsive to new guidelines, adjust protocols

Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

9 Dec. 15 First Dose Clinic for ages 5+ Second Dose Clinic on Jan. 5

December COVID-19 booster clinics

First responders

The homeless community

Homebound individuals

City Pilots New Testing Site in

Kendall Square

●On Dec. 4, the City launched free Covid-19 testing on

Saturdays in Kendall Square

through partnership with CIC Health. ●Testing offered by appointment only from 8 am to 4 pm at 295 Third St. ●Appointments and testing results handled through CIC Health. 10

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Dec 6, 2021