City Of Framingham: COVID-19 Update, Wednesday, June 16

Press release from the City of Framingham:

June 16, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06/16/2021For further information, contact:Kelly McFallskmcfalls@framinghamma.govTel (508) 532-5437M (774) 285-1315

*COVID-19 UPDATE*Since Monday, Three Residents have Tested Positive, and Four More have Recovered from COVID-19; Health Department Distributes Demographic COVID-19 and Vaccination Data;Framingham’s Emergency Food Phone Line to Line to be Discontinued, Friday, June 18, and All Food Questions Should be Directed to City's Informational Line;Walk-up COVID-19 Test Site at St. Tarcisius Parish Hall to Provide At-home COVID-19 Test Kits Rather than Perform On-site Tests Beginning Friday, June 18;Framingham Public Health Clinic to Open for Walk-in COVID-19 vaccines June 21-25, 2021

• Since Monday, three residents have tested positive, and four more have recovered from COVID-19: The number of people in the City who have tested positive for COVID-19 is 8,348. With 8,008 recovered and 250 fatalities, Framingham currently has 90 active cases. The Framingham Health Department contacts the people who were potentially exposed and the owners of the businesses or places of employment where the potential exposures occurred to inform and counsel them on next steps (contact tracing). In addition to the active cases, the Health Department is following 431 residents in quarantine.
• Health Department Distributes Demographic COVID-19 and Vaccination Data: The City's Department of Public Health distributes demographic COVID-19 data about confirmed COVID-19 cases and vaccination efforts in Framingham. Reference today's data release here.   
• Framingham’s Emergency Food phone line to be discontinued, Friday, June 18, and all food questions should be directed to City's Informational Line at (508) 532-5411: The City will continue to serve any current residents in the emergency food system through July 2021. The City will also work with the COVID Nursing Team to give clients currently using the emergency food system a direct line of contact to a food provider should a food need arise for a resident in isolation or quarantine.
• Walk-up COVID-19 test site at St. Tarcisius Parish Hall (562 Waverly Street) to give away BinaxNOW COVID-19 at-home test kits rather than performing on-site tests beginning Friday, June 18: The testing site at St. Tarcisius is scheduled to close on June 30, and due to low numbers of appointments being scheduled, the Massachusetts Stop-the-Spread program has decided that they will transition to giving out at-home-test kits for the remaining days starting Friday. At-home-test kit can be picked up on the following days and times:
  • Friday, June 18, 8 a.m. – noon
  • Monday, June 21, 3-7 p.m.
  • Thursday, June 24, 3-7 p.m.
  • Friday, June 25, 8 a.m. – noon
  • Monday, June 28, 3-7 p.m. 
  • Tuesday, June 29, 8 a.m. – noon
  • Wednesday, June 30, 8 a.m. – noon
• Framingham Public Health Clinic at 113 Concord Street (diagonally across from City Hall) to open Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25, 2021, for walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations: Clinic hours will be Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-7 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen vaccines will be available. No appointments are required. You can get a vaccine even if you do not have health insurance, a driver's license, or a Social Security number. 
• COVID-19 in Framingham: Information on COVID-19 in Framingham can be found here. To receive information from the City on a mobile device, text "Join FraminghamMA" to 30890. Residents also can find updates on Facebook and Twitter - @Framingham_MA. For questions regarding COVID-19 in Framingham, please call the City's informational line at (508) 532-5411, Mon-Fri., 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. If there is an urgent update, the City will employ the "Alert Framingham" phone messaging system, otherwise known as Rave. To sign up for the City's Rave system, please go here: https://www.smart911.com/

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