Staff Report
(Franklin County, MA) The Stop The Spread Testing Site at Greenfield Community College will be reopening, although there is no date set yet. The testing site closed at the end of March, however COVID-19 case numbers are back on the rise across the county. To find test centers currently open, visit mass.gov/stopthespread.
Dr. Amanda Westlake, director of COVID Outpatient Therapeutics for Baystate Health, spoke during a panel hosted by the Public Health Institute Massachusetts earlier this week on the future of COVID in western Massachusetts. While Franklin and Hampden counties tend to have low case rates, Hampshire and Berkshire counties are leading the state in new COVID cases. The majority of new cases are in people 20-29 years old.