Island Schools Grapple With Ending Mask Mandate

With the end of the state-imposed school mask mandate less than two weeks away, Island school committee members split Thursday on whether or not to immediately drop the mandates.

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Covid Cases Are On the Decline

New cases of Covid-19 on the Island continued their downward trend, with 74 cases confirmed for the week ending Friday, Feb. 11 and just 14 more in the five days since.

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Lawsuit Seeking to Block SSA Vaccine Mandate Moves to Federal Court

The question of whether employees of the Steamship Authority can be required to be vaccinated will be decided in federal court.

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Hospital Reports Its First Death From Coronavirus

Two years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported its first on-Island death from the coronavirus Tuesday.

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New Trends in Testing Mark Shifting Landscape of Pandemic

As the only federally qualified community health center on the Island, Island Health Care has been at the forefront of the recent surge in the distribution of at-home test kits.

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Covid Cases See Steep Dropoff on Island

Mirroring the statewide trend, Covid-19 cases on Martha’s Vineyard are seeing a sharp decline following a record spike in early January.

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Omicron Variant Confirmed On-Island

Although suspected during the recent Covid-19 surge, the Island’s first detection of the Omicron variant was finally confirmed this week in a sample sent out for sequencing.

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Free Test Kit Distribution Resumes; Cases Begin to Dip

New cases of Covid-19 are on the decline following a surge that saw record case counts, boards of health reported Monday. Free distribution of at-home test kits will continue through the week

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Test Kit Delivery Is Delayed

A shipment of rapid Covid-19 tests to the Island from the federal government was delayed this week, with test kits supplies in most towns depleted.

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Covid Cases Continue to Surge, Despite Slight Decline from Last Week

Cases of Covid-19 on the Island continued to spike with 457 confirmed cases for the week ending Jan. 15, Island boards of health reported, as free test kit distribution continues this week.

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