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Patient Centric of Martha’s Vineyard has donated a supply of nitrile gloves to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
Automobile and passenger traffic on Steamship Authority ferries plunged into steep decline this month, just as the coronavirus pandemic began its spread into Massachusetts.
Six regularly scheduled ferry runs have been cut effective Sunday, as traffic to the Island begins to decline. Other transit agencies are taking steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Martha’s Vineyard Bank is closing all its branches for the weekend in order to reconfigure for social distancing.
The Steamship Authority on Sunday released statistics showing a modest increase in out-of-state vehicles coming to the Vineyard in the first half of March, as Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker urged residents with second homes on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard to stay home.
Governor Baker has announced financial relief for small businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis.