Covid 19 Timeline of Events in Andover
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MARCH
- The Andover Inn and Samuel's Restaurant suspended operations. [1]
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. [2]
- 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. [3]
MARCH 15, 2020
- Area Churches offer services online. [4] [5]
- Governor Baker closed public schools and banned all public meetings of more than 25 people for a minimum of three weeks. In addition all food and drink consumption at bars and restaurants was temporarily suspended. Visting at assisted living facilites was temporarily banned. [6] [7]
MARCH 16, 2020
- Andover Select Board votes to postpone annual town elections in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. [8] [9]
- Andover's first reported case of coronavirus is announced by Townn officials. [10]
MARCH 19 2020
- Andover Townsman headline: Coronavirus cripples Andover
MARCH 21, 2020
- First confirmed death from Covid-19 in Massachusetts. [11]
MARCH 22, 2020
- Eagle Tribune runs a front page story featuring local restaurants such as Yella Mediterranean Grille on Post Office Avenue in Andover responding to the pandemic with increased take out and curbside pick up service. [12]
- Graduating seniors at Andover High School held a "last lap" parade on what would have been their last day of high school.
- Second case of Covid confirmed in Andover. [13]
MARCH 24, 2020
- Governor Charlie Baker orders non-essential businesses to close their physical locations for two weeks. Grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies and first responders, health care workers and others on the front lines of the state’s coronavirus response were allowed to remain open. [14]
MARCH 25, 2020
- The "Light up Andover" contest is launched by the Town of Andover 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.[15]
April 11, 2020
- Town of Andover sponsors a six-hour Bunny Hop parade featuring the Easter Bunny riding on the back of a fire truck through Andover neighborhoods. [16]
JUNE 2020
- Andover Elder Services Meals on Wheels Program doubled in size over it's service numbers from a year earlier.[17]
JULY 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. [18]
- July 30, 2020 Andover High holds a graduation ceremony
AUGUST 2020
- Cormier Youth Center re-opened with restrictions during the first week of August. Masking, distancing protocols and wellness checks at the door made it possible for
SEPTEMBER 2020
- Town elections were held on Tuesday September 1st.
- After several postponements, Annual Town Meeting was held as a one-day, outdoor event under a 30,000 square foot tent. [19]
DECEMBER 11, 2020
- Andover designated a "red high risk" community for Covid transmission.
REFERENCES
- ↑ Andover Inn, Samuel's close indefinitely, Andover Townsman, August 6, 2020.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Andover's South Church streams service for safety, The Eagle Tribune, March 17, 2020.
- ↑ Virus requires drastic move Governor says, Boston Globe, March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Schools close for three weeks, The Eagle Tribune, March 16, 2020
- ↑ Andover seeks to postpone election The Eagle Tribune, March 17, 2020.
- ↑ Town elections officially postponed, The Eagle Tribune, March 19, 2020.
- ↑ Andover's first case of virus reported. The Eagle Tribune, March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Massachusetts confirms first virus death, The Eagle Tribune, March 21, 2020.
- ↑ Almost as painful, The Eagle Tribune, March 22, 2020.
- ↑ Second case of Covid confirmed in Andover, The Eagle Tribune, March 22, 2020."
- ↑ State issues stay-at-home advisory closese non-essential businesses, The Boston Globe, March 24, 2020.
- ↑ Town of Andover 2020 Annual Report
- ↑ Town of Andover Celebrates Easter with Bunny Hop Parade
- ↑ Town of Andover Annual Report 2020, page28
- ↑ Andover's Piece of the Vaccine, The Eagle Tribune, December 20, 2020.
- ↑ Andover residents approve $197 million 2021 budget The Eagle Tribune, September 13, 2020.
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