BOSTON — Today the Massachusetts Department of Public Health released a review of breakthrough COVID-19 cases in vaccinated Massachusetts residents and found nearly 97% of all breakthrough cases in the Commonwealth have not resulted in hospitalization or death.
Chief Marc Haslam reports that the suspect in an attempted robbery at McDonald’s in Swansea was arrested today in Warren, Rhode Island by the Warren Police Department in connection to another attempted robbery.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that genetic sequencing has identified the COVID-19 Omicron variant for the first time in a case in Massachusetts. The individual is a female in her 20s and a resident of Middlesex County who traveled out of state. She is fully vaccinated, has experienced mild disease, and did not require hospitalization. The variant was identified through sequencing performed at New England Biolabs.
Town Administrator Mallory Aronstein would like to invite community members to attend Swansea’s 5th Annual Holiday in the Village celebration this weekend.
