Basketball nets were taken down and playgrounds closed off in Everett, where the mayor has ordered the closure of all parks until COVID-19 rates in the city decline.
The basketball nets air coming down.The tot lots are being closed up,rising Covic cases, and too manyresidents ignoring the city's mandatorymask rule have the mayor's officeshuttering all city parks.
It's untilfurther notice until the data goes down,until our numbers get lower off camera.Some parents expressed surprise thisman relief.
Scariestmay have asthma.
That'sa spike in cases this past weekend ever.It is raising serious concern in analready high risk city for the weekend.We did see an increase of 19 cases fromFriday into Saturday, so that was veryalarming.
The mayor, echoing that onsocial media, saying, As of today,there are 10 patients hospitalized withCove it, and three of them are in theintensive care unit ever.
It is a proudand diverse community where generationsoften share the same home in many waysa strength but also a vulnerability ina pandemic, its 1st, 2nd and 3rdgenerations, all being in one smallarea living together also a problem.Big house parties and row gatheringslike the one we saw in a private suitelast month at Encore.
To help stem thespread, city leaders have passed outflyers in several languages and aretaking to the streets trying to educate.That gentleman just walked past us.
Nomask on.
But if I go talk to him rightnow and I give him a mask, I walkaround with mask in my pocket all thetime.
Brand new mask I walk around with.I passed out hundreds of thepark monitors and police will beenforcing the park closure ban.
Nextweek.
The state will offer free firstcome first serve testing at sitesaround the city.
In fact, Glendale Parkbehind us will have a testing tentbeginning at noon on Monday for livewhenever I Marry Selena, WCVB NewsCenter five.
Basketball nets were taken down and playgrounds closed off in Everett, where the mayor has ordered the closure of all parks until..