Mayor Marty Walsh took aim Friday at Boston residents who are still gathering in public places like parks despite the stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Predicting that the city’s stringent measures could last through May or even July, Walsh reiterated his message to Bostonians that staying at home and socially distancing when...

Boston will open its first testing site for first responders as coronavirus cases continue to climb.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that the city was opening its first coronavirus testing site for first responders.

“If we each do our part as humans and individuals to stop the spread, then we’ll get through this quicker,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said at a news conference Friday, but without that, stay-at-home orders will drag on.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Wednesday ordered Boston and other communities to end local moratoriums on construction activity, saying the work is essential, despite the growing coronavirus pandemic. In a memo sent to local officials, Baker’s chief legal counsel, Robert C. Ross, wrote that pausing construction work would cause “economic disruption” throughout the state, and that any local...

There has been confusion in the construction industry as officials send mixed messages about whether work is essential.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Monday that a second Boston resident has died from the coronavirus. “With each tragic death, it is a reminder of the dangerous situation we are living in,” he said at a press conference outside City Hall. There are now 133 coronavirus cases in the city, the mayor said. Fifteen of them have already recovered. Walsh…

Nine people across Massachusetts have died from coronavirus, with two of those victims being Boston residents.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Monday a second city resident has died from the coronavirus.

Massachusetts health officials said Sunday that three men have died from COVID-19 related illness, bringing the number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in the state to five.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called on anyone with medical-grade equipment like masks to bring them to hospitals, which need them amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Massachusetts’ early education centers and family child care providers will close starting Monday amid the coronavirus outbreak, but some exempt centers will open to care for the children of critical workers, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday at a briefing. Some people, including volunteers and teachers, have already said they would provide care, which will go toward children in the priority…

The first coronavirus death in New England was announced Wednesday in Connecticut as officials across the U.S. continued to take action to protect people against the pandemic.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said the city is monitoring the spread of the coronavirus hour by hour, but does not have plans to issue a shelter-in-place order at this time. “That’s a very serious step we would have to take, and it’s something none of us should take lightly. We should also be aggressive in the fact that if...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh spoke amid coronavirus concerns, continuing to urge the public to practice social distancing.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced that day cares and early education centers would have to close next week in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that early education centers and family child care providers will be closing Monday, March 23, but noted that emergency facilities would be opening for families of people on the front lines of the outbreak, plus certain others.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh hasn’t issued a shelter-in-place order for the city amid the coronavirus outbreak, but he explained Wednesday what would factor into such a decision

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is set to give an address at 7:30 p.m. on where the city stands amid the coronavirus outbreak and what it continues to do, as the city rolls out a new COVID-19 text alert service.

Mayor Marty Walsh is urging people to stay home as much as possible