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COVID -19 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Posted on: March 19, 2020 - 9:31am

*Town of Hadley COVID-19Press  Release for Immediate Release*
March 19, 2020

Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Massachusetts Department of Public Health guidelines and after consulting with Cooley-Dickenson Hospital, the Hadley Unified Command and town administration has closed Hadley Town Hall to the public and staff in order to conduct cleaning and disinfecting. 

On Wednesday March 18, the Unified Command became aware that an individual, who may have had contact with a patient experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, entered Town Hall on Tuesday March 17.  That person has been tested for COVID-19, and results will be known on Saturday March 21.

Unified Command updates the situation in Hadley daily, and those updates can be found at www.hadleyma.org  When Town Hall cleaning and disinfecting is complete, Unified Command will re-assess the situation and make decisions at that time.

Unified Command consists of the Emergency Management Director, the School Superintendent, Board of Health, Town Administrator, and a representative of the Select Board.