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On November 2, 2020, in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued several new measures to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across the state.
Key updates include the following:
- Stay at home advisory from 10pm until 5am except for necessary activities (work and school).
- Many businesses must close by 9:30pm. Restaurants must stop table service at 9:30pm, but can continue with takeout orders.
- Indoor gatherings are now limited to 10 people - 25 for outdoors.
- Masks required in public even if able to maintain 6 feet of distance for those over 5, including on public ways when not in a personal vehicle (e.g., exercising) and on public transit.
- Goes into effect on at 12:01 on Friday November 6.
To read the issued orders by topic, we have flagged several pages below:
- Stay at Home Advisory at https://www.mass.gov/news/stay-at-home-advisory
- Order 53 (Businesses) at https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-53/download
- Order 54 (Gatherings) at https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-54/download
- Order 55 (Masking) at https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-55/download
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