A COVID-19 update

How it started

May 23, 2022 · Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager.

What happened

May 23, 2022 · 📁 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
Paul F. Toner
Alanna Mallon
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Burhan Azeem
Quinton Zondervan

Absent (1)

Marc McGovern

Roll call of May 23, 2022 · 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 · 8 pages

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2. Wear a mask indoors when not in your own home. 3. Test after known exposure or higher-risk settings. 4. Follow isolation and quarantine guidance. 5

Free COVID-19 Treatment

• Can prevent serious illness & hospitalization • For people who: • are at increased risk • test COVID-19+ • have symptoms, even mild • Referrals from healthcare providers or state’s treatment line: [phone removed] 6

Support for Residents

• Case investigators calling 70+, under 5; have reached over 500 residents • Cambridge Community Corps distributing information, tests and masks to + cases, neighbors • Cambridge Housing Authority educating about rapid test use & treatment options, distributing supplies 7

CPHD Vaccine Clinics

• Weekly Windsor Street Clinics extended until August 10 • Mobile clinics serving unhoused residents resuming • Direct mail campaign for those overdue for boosters 8

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: May 23, 2022