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The Cambridge Public Health Department (CPHD) strongly encourages residents to get a flu vaccine this fall in addition to maintaining your healthy, safe habits of wearing a face covering, handwashing, and practicing physical distancing as a way to slow the spread of both the flu and COVID-19.
The City and Cambridge Public Health Department are partnering to share important information for flu season since, now more than ever, it is critically important to get a flu shot.
The City of Cambridge today announced that all City-sponsored community events, athletic events, events permitted for the use of City parks, or other City-sponsored public gatherings will be cancelled through October 4, 2020, or postponed to a later date. All prior approvals for events or gatherings are revoked.
The victim of the fatal motor vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer and a bicyclist in the area of Harvard Square MBTA Station has been identified as Darryl Willis, 55.
The City of Cambridge and the Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) are extending the swimming season of the Gold Star Mothers’ Pool through September 27. The continued operation of the pool will be dependent on weather conditions, COVID-19 Public Health guidance, and swimming demand.
Cambridge City Manager Louis A. DePasquale announces that the City’s 7th Participatory Budgeting cycle is now underway. During this year’s cycle, Cambridge residents ages 12 and older will be able to vote on how to spend $500,000 on City capital projects.
Voting on Election Day will still be available for those who may want to vote at the polls. Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Election Day. You must vote at your assigned polling location. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some polling sites like those in high-risk facilities were temporarily relocated for the upcoming 2020 State Primary, September 1st.
Hundreds of Cambridge residents have learned they were infected with COVID-19 or had been exposed to the new coronavirus after getting a call from public health nurses from the Cambridge Public Health Department (CPHD). Thousands more have received calls from CPHD staff informing them of negative test results.
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