RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

THE GOVERNOR

SAID HE DECIDED

TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY

AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE NEW

CASES IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 92

CONFIRMED CASES INCLUDING 51 NEW

PRESUMPTIVE CASES.

SEVEN OF WHICH WERE FOUND IN THE

BERKSHIRES.

NEW INFORMATION PROMPTED SEVERAL

CANCELLATIONS INCLUDING THE ST.

PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN SOUTH

BOSTON.

THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE ANY

COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE FUTURE

OF OTHER PUBLIC EVENTS LIKE RED

SOX OPENING DAY AND THE BOSTON

MARATHON.

THE PURPOSE OF MOVING FORWARD

WITH THESE MEASURES IS TO ACT

BEFORE THE NUMBERS INCREASE TO A

POINT WHERE THE VIRUS SPREAD IS

SEVERELY IMPACTING THE

COMMONWEALTH.

OF THE CASES FOUND IN

MASSACHUSETTS SO FAR, 70 OF THEM

CAME FROM THE BIOGEN CONFERENCE

IN BOSTON.

FORWARD TRAVEL RELATED AND SOME

ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

RIGHT NOW, SIX PEOPLE REMAINED

HOSPITALIZED AND 62 ARE IN SELF

QUARANTINE.

IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD

EVEN FURTHER, LEGISLATIVE

EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM

FOREIGN TRAVEL WHAT REGULAR

HEARINGS AND BOARD MEETINGS WILL

CONTINUE.

COMPANIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO WORK

WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ESPECIALLY

THOSE OVER 60 ON PLANS TO WORK

FROM HOME OR HOST CONFERENCES

REMOTELY.

THE GOVERNOR GAVE SCHOOLS MORE

LEEWAY WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL

CANCELLATIONS AND EXTENDING

THOSE FURTHER.

ALTHOUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR STILL