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Some hospitals have recently reported zero new COVID-19 cases for the first time since the crisis began, Goldstein said, and the number of new cases tracked per day has dropped from roughly 23,000 at the peak to less than 100 now.

He described a sharp contrast between the current public health outlook and the worst days of the pandemic.

Health care facilities must also continue supplying masks to staff, patients and visitors who want them. Goldstein did not outline any explicit threshold or trend that would trigger state action, saying that the department wants hospitals and other facilities to “make local decisions” based on the circumstances they face. The formal change in status will rescind a statewide requirement for all providers and visitors to mask up in health care settings such as hospitals.Īs the state prepares for the shift, the Healey administration will require facilities to develop “proactive” plans for reviving COVID-19 prevention strategies - potentially including mask mandates - if warning lights begin flashing again, Goldstein said. Charlie Baker’s state of emergency declaration upended life in Massachusetts, a period that saw more than 2 million confirmed cases and 22,602 confirmed deaths from the virus, the public health emergency will expire in two days when the federal government makes a similar move. This is the end of an emergency phase of COVID-19,” he later added. “We as a department will continue to be here to support people on May 11, May 12, May 13, and far beyond that to make sure that they have what they need to protect themselves.” People should continue to look around their communities and understand how they can protect themselves in ways that they may want to layer in prevention strategies like masks and testing,” said Department of Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein. “What will not be different is that people should still get vaccinated and stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines. Now, with the public health emergency order in Massachusetts set to come to an end Thursday, state health officials say the road out of the formal crisis declaration will be less jarring than the way it began. How COVID testing will work after the US health emergency ends in May

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