Here is a chronology of stories published by the Vineyard Gazette related to the coronavirus:
updated 1 year ago
2:26pm, December 14, 2023
Since early 2020, the Martha’s Vineyard community has lived and worked through the Covid-19 pandemic.
June 9, 2020
No new cases of coronavirus were reported Tuesday, marking the ninth day in a row without a confirmed positive on the Island even as testing capacity continues to expand.
June 9, 2020
The Boys & Girls Club and YMCA both plan to open summer camps next month, with strict safety protocols. But most other Island camps will cancel this year.
June 9, 2020
Edgartown restaurants can now officially apply to expand their outdoor dining capacity, after selectmen approved a policy Monday to allow seating areas on downtown sidewalks.
June 9, 2020
Closed to the public for months, the Vineyard restaurants, retailers and hotels excitedly — but cautiously — re-opened their doors to customers on Monday.
June 8, 2020
Numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics show double-digit unemployment across the state in April, and Dukes County is one of the hardest hit.
June 8, 2020
Passenger ferries to Martha’s Vineyard have either delayed or curtailed summer service, with traffic low due to the pandemic.
June 6, 2020
Thousands of businesses and recreational facilities will be allowed to resume services beginning Monday.
June 5, 2020
More than 50 Edgartown business owners and townspeople attended a hearing on the town’s budding outdoor summer dining plan.
June 5, 2020
In the Island’s biggest day of coronavirus testing since the pandemic began, the boards of health reported three new antibody cases and three new symptomatically positive patients on the Vineyard Thursday.
June 4, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital’s main entrance has officially reopened to patients, marking a major milestone as the hospital, and Island, look toward summer.
June 1, 2020
The comprehensive coronavirus testing facility at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was opened to the public on Monday, less than three weeks after it was announced.
May 31, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new coronavirus case on Sunday morning, the third in the past week after a previous nine-day break in cases.
May 30, 2020
All 10 participants in the first round of coronavirus testing at the high school have tested negative for the virus.
May 29, 2020
Dogs will not be allowed on Lambert’s Cove Beach for the remainder of the pandemic, the West Tisbury board of health announced Friday.
May 29, 2020
Gov. Charlie Baker announced preliminary guidelines on Friday for shuttered restaurant and lodging services, beginning June 8.
May 28, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new case of Covid-19 on Thursday — the second case in three days on the Island after a weeklong case-free lull.
May 28, 2020
The first round of comprehensive coronavirus testing on the Vineyard commenced with a slow rollout on Thursday.
May 28, 2020
Island Grown Initiative is preparing to serve up to 800 free lunches a day to Martha’s Vineyard children this summer.
May 27, 2020
The richly historic Feast of the Holy Ghost, a 100-year summer tradition in Oak Bluffs, will pause this summer, the Portuguese-American Club said.
May 27, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is reporting a recent uptick in non-Covid patients as it begins to reopen for the summer.
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