Covid 19 Timeline of Events in Andover
MARCH 11, 2020
Governor Charlie Baker declares a state of emergency in Massachusetts. Joining CT, RI and NY and citing 92 positive cases of Covid-19 in the state, Baker encouraged older adults to avoid large crowds and cautioned businesses and residents to avoid international travel. Boston mayor, Marty Walsh announced the cancellation of the Boston Saint Patrick's Day parade. [1]
Lawrence General Hospital opened a community covid screening hotline.
President Trump suspends travel between US and Europe for Thirty Days.
MARCH 12, 2020
The Andover Townsman reports that local stores are running out of sanitizing products. [2]
MARCH 15, 2020
Area Churches offer services online. [3]
MARCH 19 2020
Andover Townsman headline: Coronavirus cripples Andover
School closures began during the week of March
MARCH 25, 2020
Light up Andover is launched as a Covid-safe event encouraging residents to decorate their homes with outdoor lights and decorations in patriotic and Andover colors to show support to health care workers and first responders.[4]
JUNE 2020
Andover Elder Services Meals on Wheels Program doubled in size over it's service numbers from a year earlier.[5]
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. [6]
SEE ALSO
Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts
- ↑ State of Emergency, The Eagle Tribune, March 11, 2020, p. 1.
- ↑ 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 2020 Annual Report
- ↑ Town of Andover Annual Report 2020, page28
- ↑ Andover's Piece of the Vaccine, The Eagle Tribune, December 20, 2020.