COVID-19 Overview & Preventive Measures

Last Updated: December 6, 2021

The Framingham Department of Public Health continuously monitors and responds to the outbreak of Coronavirus, ALso known as COVID-19. The Department receives regular updates from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

EMERGENCY ALERTS

If there is an urgent update, the City will employ the "Alert Framingham" phone messaging system, otherwise known as Rave. To sign up for the City’s Rave system, please go here: https://www.smart911.com/


FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:

WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
- CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROLS (CDC) COVID-19 INFORMATION

- MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MDPH) COVID-19 INFORMATION

MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 CASES, testing, vaccination, masks, and travel information

- Omicron variant detected in Massachusetts

- MASSACHUSETTS CASES, QUARANTINE, AND MONITORING

- Mask Requirements in certain locations and unvaccinated residents
- Travel Advisory
- TESTING INFORMATION 
- Testing site locator tool

- Booster Shot Information

- vaccine information
- vaccine appointment/walk-in availability


CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) information

- Omicron variant information

- CDC - UNITED STATES CASE COUNTS

- Booster Shot Information

- vaccine information

- Domestic travel

- International travel

HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES LIKE THE FLU AND COVID-19

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Information courtesy of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. 

HOW TO STOP THE SPREAD OF GERMS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RESPIRATORY diseases LIKE THE FLU AND COVID-19:

  • WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN WITH SOAP AND WARM WATER, OR USE AN ALCOHOL-BASED HAND SANITIZER.

  • CLEAN THINGS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY TOUCHED (LIKE DOORKNOBS AND COUNTERTOPS) WITH HOUSEHOLD CLEANING SPRAY OR WIPES.

  • STAY HOME IF YOU ARE SICK AND AVOID CLOSE CONTACT WITH OTHERS

  • AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE, AND MOUTH.

  • COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE. USE A TISSUE OR YOUR INNER ELBOW, NOT YOUR HANDS.

  • THINK AHEAD ABOUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVEd ONES.
    VISIT MASS.GOV/KNOWPLANPREPARE FOR PREPAREDNESS TIPS.