NEWSCENT 5ER AT 5:30. ERIKA:AC BK TO THE BREAKING NEWS WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING, BOSTON HEALTH OFFICIALS JUST PUTTING OUT A NEW ADVISORY, ASKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO PROVINCETOWN TO SELF-ISOLATE AND GET STTEED FOR COVID-19. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS DR. GABRIELA ANDUJAR VASQUEZ. AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND THE ASSOCIATE HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT TUFTS MEDICAL CENT.ER THANK YOU DR. VASQUEZ FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. ERIKA: THIS NEW ADVISORY APPLIES TO EVEN FULLY VACCINATED RESIDENTS, WHAT SHOULD WE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS MOVE? >> I THINK THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS EVOLVING SITUATION. THIS CLUSTER OF COVID-19 CASES IN PROVINCETOWN. MAKING SURE THAWET KNOW THAT IF WE IDENTIFY, TEST AND ISOLATE QUICKLY, COVID-19 CESAS WE ARE ABLE TO CONTROL THE CLUSTER. WE KNOW ALSO THAT A GOOD PROPORTION OFHE T CASES HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. N:BE ANOTHER HOT TOPIC, FACE MASKINS CLASSROOMS. THE CDC DIRECTOR SAID TODAY, STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED CAN AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAR THEM WHEN THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS FA.LL THAT MAY DISAPPOINT A LOT OF PARES. WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW? >> I THINK WE HAVEO T REMEMBER THAT THE CDC ALWAYS PUTS GENERAL GUIDANCE, LOLCA BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH CAN FOLLOW. WE ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERAONTI ETH COVID-19 CASES, TRANSMISSION AND RATES OF VACCINATION. IF WE CAN GET A ODGO PROPORTION OF THELI EGIBLE ADULTS 12 AND OLRDE VACCINATED, WEAN C DECREASE. WE CAN PROCTTE THE POPULATION NOT ABLE TO GET VACCINATED. THAT NEED PROTECTION FROM US THE CONNECTION GET VACCINATED. THAT WAY WE MAY BE AEBL TO HAVE A LOCAL MASS COMNDMEED FOR A PARTICULAR SCHOOL. ERIKA: SPEAKING OF VACCINATING KIDS TODAY, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI , SAID, SCHOOLS MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER ADDING THE COVID VACCINE TO TO THE LIST OF REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS IF THE PANDEMIC IN THE U.S. IS NOT LLWE CONTROLLED THROUGH THIS YEAR AND NEXT. DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFEREN?CE >> IT WILL DEFINITELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREVENT IN A SAFE AND EFFECVETI WAY, LIKE THE VACCINES WE HAVE AVAILAB,LE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO IT. I FORESEWEE WILL BE NOT ONLY IN SCHOOLS BUT EVENTUALLY IN HEALTH RECA SYSTEMS. DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS WILL REQUIR

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Video: Boston doctor explains why city issued new COVID-19 guidance for Provincetown visitors

Updated: 6:06 PM EDT Jul 20, 2021

The Boston Public Health Commission is asking residents who have been to Provincetown since July 1, even the fully-vaccinated, to self-isolate and get tested as the Cape Cod community deals with a COVID-19 cluster.

BOSTON —

The Boston Public Health Commission is asking residents who have been to Provincetown since July 1, even the fully-vaccinated, to self-isolate and get tested as the Cape Cod community deals with a COVID-19 cluster.

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