Berkshire Senior Public Health Planner Talks COVID-19 Outbreak

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Josh Landes

Published March 11, 2020 at 8:51 AM EDT

A brunette white woman stands in a gymnasium with a microphone in front of her — Allison Egan

By Tuesday, seven people had presumptive positive tests for COVID-19 in Berkshire County. With more than 90 cases in Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on Tuesday. Allison Egan is a senior public health planner for the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, one of the groups leading a countywide effort to contain the outbreak of the disease. A specialist in public health disaster preparedness, Egan spoke with WAMC about the disease, its spread, and how the county is working to combat it.

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Josh Landes

Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.

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