Practice English Speaking&Listening with: 15 New Positive Coronavirus Tests In Massachusetts, Bringing State Total To 138
STUDIOS IN BOSTON, WBZ NEWS
STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS.
MORE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT
ON THE CORONAVIRUS.
MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THERE ARE 15 NEW CASES OF
COVID-19 THIS SATURDAY BRINGING
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRESUMPTIVE
POSITIVE CASES IN THE STATE TO
119.
SEVERAL BOSTON HOSPITALS HAVE
DECIDED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
VISITORS AS THEY TRY TO PROTECT
PATIENTS FROM THE VIRUS.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE NEW
NUMBERS.
119 PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVES,
MEANING THE CDC HAS NOT YET
CONFIRMED THEM.
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS 104 OF THE
119 CASES ARE RELATED TO
ATTENDEES OF THE BIOGENE
CONFERENCE OR THOSE WHO HAVE
HAD CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO
ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE.
THE NEW ROUND OF
PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVES HAVE
RESULTED IN SEVERAL FIRSTS AS
THE VIRUS CONTINUES TO SPREAD
IN THE BAY STATE.
JIM SMITH IS LIVE IN THE
SATELLITE CENTER TONIGHT WITH
THE VERY LATEST.
KEN AND KATIE, THE
GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD OF THOSE
CASES IN MASSACHUSETTS DOES
CONTINUE TO GROW TONIGHT AND
THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE LATEST
NUMBERS.
REPORTER: ON SATURDAY, CAPE
COD CONFIRMED ITS FIRST
PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE OF
COVID-19.
MASS TPH SAYS THE PATIENT WAS
ADMITTED TO CAPE COD HOSPITAL
WITH RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS.
THE PATIENT WILL REMAIN IN
THEIR CARE UNTIL THEY ARE
STABLE AND CAN RETURN HOME FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE CDC
RECOMMENDED QUARANTINE PERIOD
OF 14 DAYS.
ALL STAFF WHO CAME INTO CONTACT
WITH THAT PATIENT ARE ALSO
BEING MONITORED.
AND IN WORCESTER, THAT CITY IS
ALSO PRESENTING THEIR FIRST
PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE CASE.
THAT CASE IS ALSO RELATED TO
THE BIOGEN CONFERENCE LAST
MONTH.
5 PEOPLE IN WORCESTER ARE UNDER
OBSERVATION AWAITING TESTING.
THE WORCESTER COUNTY LIBRARY
WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.
BRAINTREE OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO
ANNOUNCED A PRESUMPTIVE CASE.
THAT PERSON IS IN ISOLATION.
THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL HAS
ANNOUNCED A NEW POLICY IN
RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS.
IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAY: AS
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CONTINUES, WE WILL BE DEFERRING
ELECTIVE AND NON-URGENT CARE TO
ENSURE THE SAFEST POSSIBLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR PATIENTS AND
STAFF.
