(Boston Orange 編譯) 麻州州長奚莉 (Maura Healey) 今 (15) 日宣佈，預定5月11日，終止新冠病毒大流行的公共衛生緊急狀態。
州長辦公室員工需注射疫苗的第595號行政命令規定也將取消。
奚莉州長在聲明中感謝醫療護理供應者及社區的辛苦，麻州在對抗新冠病毒上已有重大進展。她說，「我們知道我們有管理這病毒的工具，包括疫苗，口罩，檢測，治療，還有生病時就留在家裏，現在已經達到可以更新指導原則以反映現狀的時候了」。
麻州前州長查理貝克在2020年3月10日時宣佈麻州進入緊急狀態。奚莉州長感謝貝克政府在危機嚴重時刻，採取了重要措施。
5月11日結束公共衛生緊急狀態和聯邦政府的腳步一致。
州長辦公室稱，疫苗幫助了州政府行政部門員工的已注射疫苗比率從76%提高到99%。
不過這也是個有爭議性的方法，導致大約2%。或約1000名州政府員工離職。
奚莉政府稱，將提交新立法，將允許彈性員工在院外透析中心多待6個月，以給他們時間恢復到新冠病毒前的人員配置，另外永久性的把高階維持生命運輸的緊急救護車上人員，從1名司機，2名經過認證急救人員減少為1名司機及1名經過認證急救人員。
麻州健康及人民服務廳廳長Kate
Walsh表示，從病毒大流行迄今3年後，人們的處境已然非常不同。在人們和新冠病毒持續共存之際，社區及醫療護理系統現在能夠把病毒管理納為治療呼吸道疾病的常設方法。
Driscoll Administration Announces End of COVID-19 Public
Health Emergency in Massachusetts
Administration also files legislation to extend certain staffing
flexibilities for health care providers; Will rescind vaccine mandate
for Executive Branch employees on May 11
BOSTON – Today the Healey-Driscoll
Administration announced that the state’s COVID-19 public health
emergency will end on May 11, 2023, to align with the
end of the federal public health emergency. The announcement this week, ahead
of the 45-day notice required by state
law, allows additional time for impacted organizations to
prepare for the end of the public health emergency.
Governor Healey will
also file legislation that would extend key
flexibilities provided by the public health emergency, particularly
around staffing for the health care industry and emergency medical
services (EMS). The Governor also announced that on May 11 she plans
to rescind Executive Order 595 that required all Executive
Branch state employees to have received their primary series COVID-19
vaccines.
“Thanks to the hard work of
our health care providers and communities, we’ve made important progress in the
fight against COVID-19,” said Governor Healey. “We know that we have the tools to manage this
virus – vaccines, masking, testing, getting treatments and staying home
when sick – and we’ve reached the point where we can update our
guidance to reflect where we are now. I’d also like to acknowledge the
leadership of Governor Baker and his administration, who saved countless lives
by putting these important measures in place in a time of immense
crisis.”
“Executive Order No. 595 has
been a successful tool for boosting vaccination rates and reducing the spread
and severity of COVID-19 in Massachusetts. We’re grateful to the state
employees who did their part to keep themselves, their coworkers and their
communities safe,” said Lieutenant Governor Driscoll. “We encourage Massachusetts residents to continue
taking important prevention measures to keep our communities healthy, like
getting boosted, masking and staying home when you’re feeling sick.”
“We are fortunate that
in Massachusetts, the wide availability of vaccines, tests, effective
treatments, and PPE changed the course of a pandemic that
brought loss and hardship to so many. Three years on from the start of the
pandemic, we are now in a very different place,” said Secretary of Health and Human Services
Kate Walsh.
“While we will continue living with COVID-19, we can now incorporate the
tools to manage this virus into our standing response to respiratory illness
within our communities and healthcare system.”
Governor Healey’s legislation
would:
Continue
flexibilities currently in place regarding staffing for out-of-hospital
dialysis centers. This would apply for 6 months to allow dialysis
centers time to return to pre-COVID staffing levels.
·
Authorize certain
non-Medication Administration Program (MAP) certified staff to administer
certain prepackaged medications in community settings. This would
apply for 6 months to enable DPH to finalize reforms that
streamline the MAP program training requirements.
·
Allow staffing of Advanced Life
Support level ambulance transports with a single EMT provider and a first
responder driver (rather than 2 certified EMTs). This would be a
permanent change based on the positive experience of this staffing model
over the last three years.
Executive Order No.
595 helped raise the percentage of fully vaccinated executive department
employees from around 76 percent to over 99 percent. Mandates
for staff in certain roles and settings will remain in place, per CMS and EOHHS regulations.
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