While many are thinking about schools, public gathers and civic meetings when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus, some medical professionals are beginning to be concerned about precautions in the homeless community, the jails and homeless shelters. Emergency…
Month: March 2020
SBA to Provide Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus up to $2 Million in Disaster Assistance Loans
Special to the Sun SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza issued the following statement last Friday in response to the President’s address to the nation: “The President took bold, decisive action to make our 30 million small businesses more resilient to Coronavirus-related economic disruptions.…
SJC Issues Order Restricting Court Appearances to Emergency Matters
Special to the Sun The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on Tuesday ordered that, because of the public health emergency arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning March 18 and until at least April 6, the only matters that will be heard…
St. Cecilia Parish Holds Historic Mass Using Video Streaming
As many people adjust to working and learning from home, religious services across the city also have to adapt to the social distancing that can help flatten the curve of the coronavirus. Until further notice, Cardinal Sean O’Malley has temporarily…
News Briefs
South End Street Sweeping Clarity Street sweeping is still on in the South End, and the City encourages residents to move their cars to allow for Public Works to properly clean the streets. However, the City said it understand that…
Peterborough Senior Center Closed until March 27
During times like these, the health and safety of Boston’s seniors are at the forefront of the minds of many. Operation PEACE, which runs the Peterborough Senior Center in the Fenway, has decided to close all programming for two weeks,…
Police Briefs 03-19-2020
Heads will roll On March 9, at around 12:25 a.m., police responded to 770 Boylston St. on a call for a reported threat. On arrival, the officer spoke to the victim said less an hour earlier, he received a message…
The COVID-19 Epidemic: A Wake-up Call for The U.S. Healthcare System
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans forever were forced to change the manner in which we traveled. The strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon made clear that the screening system we…
Trending in Boston: ‘Cancelled’
Major hospitals preparing for potential surge of patients Numerous public gatherings, meetings and conferences were abruptly cancelled on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and major hospitals in the area are preparing for a potential surge of Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Boston, EBNHC preparing for novel coronavirus
It was only a matter of time before the coronavirus, or COVID-19, that spread across China landed in Boston. The Boston Public Health Commission announced that as of Monday, there was one confirmed case of coronavirus in Boston and eight…