COVID-19

At an abbreviated annual town meeting Tuesday night, Williamstown, Massachusetts residents voted to adjourn the gathering until June, citing safety and inclusivity concerns.

New York City has joined most of upstate New York in reporting its COVID-19 alert status as high, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and some local health authorities recommending masks in public indoor spaces. Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt spoke with State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett, who expects new variants of the Omicron version of the virus to be circulating for some time.

Since mid-April, Pittsfield, Massachusetts has seen its COVID-19 positivity rate triple to almost 11%.

The Southern Berkshire Regional School District has sent out a warning that COVID-19 rates are sharply increasing among faculty and staff.

The Albany County Department of Health is once again advising indoor mask-wearing as guidelines established by the Centers for Disease Control show Albany County as "high" in both community level and transmission rate of COVID-19.

Berkshire County public health officials are reacting to a move by Massachusetts to relax state mask guidance.

The board of health of Williamstown, Massachusetts says it’s considering dropping COVID-19 advisories as early as next month.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts public health officials say the city’s COVID-19 rates are continuing to drop from record highs in January.

The spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has blown away all previous case records in Pittsfield, Massachusetts – but hospitalization rates remain low.

The national explosion of COVID-19 rates has touched Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.