"Here I am with my mask on avoiding places I wanted to go to," another man said. The line was filled Monday with vacationers who say they're changing their itineraries. "It's scary I mean I want to play it safe so I'm glad there's a testing site here," one man said. They have extended a mobile site at least through the end of the week. Ramping up testing is also part of the strategy. So far, 32 businesses have been associated with the cluster. Morse says they are also urging large venues to help stop the spread by requiring customers to show proof of vaccination status. "If we respond accordingly I think we’ll be in a much better place and really not have to do some of the more stringent restrictions that were in place a year ago." "We want people who live here to be safe and we want visitors who come here to be safe," Town Manager Alex Morse said. It has town officials sounding the alarm and issuing the public health advisory asking everyone to mask up indoors again, even those who already got their COVID shot. "I'm feeling a little bit better right now but yesterday and this morning were pretty rough." "It's been kind of like an awful cold," Coy said.
So far 132 coronavirus cases have been linked to the Provincetown cluster from the Fourth of July holiday week - and most of them were vaccinated, like Robert Coy who was visiting from Chicago. and case and point three friends got it." "People are gong to clubs, they're sweating, they're breathing. "Provincetown is a petri dish right now," Michael Poniatowski said. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.īreakthrough COVID Cases in Massachusetts, Explainedĭuring peak season in P-Town, there are a lot of people but not a lot of masks as town officials try to get a handle on the outbreak in the popular tourist spot. Additionally, all unvaccinated people, including children under 12, are required to wear wear masks both indoors and outdoors when six feet of social distance cannot be maintained, which aligns with guidelines from the U.S. The advisory urges people to get vaccinated if they haven't done so already and to get tested and stay home if exposed or experiencing symptoms. And I think it's sufficient for where we are." "You can be confident that, if we don't see an inflection in this in the next three weeks, that I will call us back into session and we will look at declaring a public health emergency, but I want the public health officials to tell us that they think that that's correct," Provincetown Board of Health Chair Stephen Katsurinis said. Other officials pointed to recommendations from public health experts, who advised that the community is not in a state of emergency at this time. COVID-19 infection has occurred in both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals, town officials said.Īfter 130 people in Provincetown have contracted the virus, Provincetown officials advises people to wear masks indoors whether you are vaccinated or not. "The most interesting thing to me about this cluster of cases is so many of the people infected were vaccinated, which sort of means that a lot of the people that are vaccinated who are exposed to it may feel safe, but may also transmit it to others."įollowing the Fourth of July weekend, there was an increase in positive coronavirus cases in Provincetown, in addition to individuals reporting COVID-like symptoms. Rather than just advising, we should require masks," said Dr. Janet Whelan, a member of the Provincetown Board of Health. "I have to say, I'm a little disappointed that we haven't taken a stronger stand on this.
Some town officials felt the advisory didn't go far enough, however.
PROVINCETOWN COVID SPIKE VERIFICATION
High-density venues where social distancing is not achievable are advised to enforce vaccine verification prior to admittance, per the advisory. Town officials issued a new mask advisory after more than 130 people, many of whom were fully vaccinated, tested positive in a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to the Fourth of July in Provincetown, Massachusetts.ĭuring an emergency meeting Monday, the Board of Health voted to advise people to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status.
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