Streets are quiet due to a "shelter in place" order given to residents to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus on March 20, 2020 in Oak Park,Illinois. Oak Park has issued a “shelter-in-place” order as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, after two emergency room physicians at Rush Oak Park Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 and Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to issue the same for the entire state starting Saturday.
With an uptick of Coronavirus cases and deaths in Massachusetts, thirteen cities and towns are moving back to Phase 3, Step 1.
The list is made up of communities that have been in the “high risk” red zone for three straight weeks. They are the following: Acushnet, Brockton, Chelmsford, Holyoke, Hudson, Kingston, Leicester, Malden, Plymouth, Randolph, Waltham, Webster, and Woburn.
For a refresher of what Phase 3, Step 1 scalebacks will look like for these communities, click here for WCVB 5’s report. And please, wash your hands, wear your mask, and keep a safe distance.