Covid 19 Timeline of Events in Andover
MARCH 11, 2020
Lawrence General Hospital opened a community covid screening hotline
MARCH 12 2020
The Andover Townsman reports that local stores are running out of sanitizing products. [1]
MARCH 15 2020
Area Churches offer services online. [2]
MARCH 19 2020
Andover Townsman headline: Coronavirus cripples Andover
School closures began during the week of March
JUNE 2020
Andover Elder Services Meals on Wheels Program doubled in size over it's service numbers from a year earlier.[3]
JULY 2020
Pfizer Inc.'s Andover facility played a critical role in the development of the first mRNA vaccines in 2020.
In July 2020, Pfizer's Andover facility began mass manufacturing the RNA required for the mRNA vaccine it co-developed with the German pharmaceutical firm, BioNTech. Sold under the brand name Comirnity, the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine production and trials were sped up and scaled up to meet the urgent demands of a private-public partnership initiated by the US government which enabled special fast-tracked government approval of vaccines under trail. [4]
- ↑ Local stores run low or are out of sanitizing products, Andover Townsman, March 12, 2020
- ↑ Virtual Worship South Church streaming Sunday services for safety, Andover Townsman March 19, 2020
- ↑ Town of Andover Annual Report 2020, page28
- ↑ Andover's Piece of the Vaccine, The Eagle Tribune, December 20, 2020.