Dear Colleagues – As we enter a new year, we are faced with a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued challenge to protect our employees and local community from the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. We are experiencing a record number of Omicron cases locally and nationally and Cape Cod COVID positivity rates […]
Dear Colleagues, I write today with an update on COVID-19 issues as they may relate to MBL operations. As you may know, Barnstable County is experiencing a significant increase in cases driven by the Delta variant. Along with the high case count and higher positive test rates, the County is also seeing increases in hospitalizations. […]
Dear Colleagues –To date, the MBL has successfully run our research and training programs without an on-campus transmission of COVID-19 and that is thanks to the efforts of all of you, our dedicated staff. We have implemented policies and procedures as needed to ensure that we keep our employees and the MBL community as safe […]
Dear Colleagues, I write today with an update on two items: masking indoors and public access to MBL events. Masking The MBL continues to follow CDC guidance around masking indoors. By way of reminder, this guidance states that even fully vaccinated individuals should wear a mask indoors in public areas of substantial or high transmission of COVID-19 […]
Dear Colleagues, The Mandatory Asymptomatic Testing Program which is required for unvaccinated employees begins next Wednesday, September 22. In addition, the MBL is also making weekly asymptomatic testing available to fully vaccinated individuals as part of a Voluntary Asymptomatic Testing Program. Details on each program are below. Mandatory Asymptomatic Testing Program For unvaccinated employees and students Individual must be asymptomatic Testing occurs […]
Dear Colleagues, As the new school year kicks off and in-person classrooms come back to life, it is not without the continued anxieties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing that the difficulties that many caregivers faced last year may still persist, the MBL is extending the Dependent Care Support Grants Program. These confidential, tax-free grants are designed […]