This map gives a look at a map of the number of states’ coronavirus cases reported so far, broken down by county where available.

Shaw’s says it has informed employees of six locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont that an associate has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The supermarket chain said Friday night in a statement that it is “taking every step possible to contain the spread of coronavirus.” The Massachusetts stores where workers received the...

In an effort to further slow the spread of COVID-19, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has extended school dismissals through the end of the academic year.

Today we talk to NBC10 Boston/NECN photographer Mark Garfinkel about how he’s showed the city of Boston emptied out during the coronavirus crisis — plus a near run-in he had during social distancing.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott gives an update on COVID-19 in the state.

The recipient of a double lung transplant is expressing gratitude to her fellow Vermonters who are following the new “stay home, stay safe” executive order from Gov. Phil Scott. Thursday was the first full day the order was in effect. “It’s very much appreciated that people are taking this seriously,” said Lara Govendo, discussing the directive to cut way...

Vermont students won’t be returning to school buildings, already closed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, for the rest of the school year, Gov. Phil Scott announced Thursday. He ordered schools to extend dismissals from April 6, the extent of his initial order, to the end of the 2019-20 school year. Education will continue via remote learning, with…

Vermont’s stay-at-home order is in effect amid the coronavirus outbreak, and businesses that remain open are making big changes.

Calling on all Vermonters to share in the responsibility to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Gov. Phil Scott has ordered Pre K-12 schools across the state to close to students this week. The announcement Sunday afternoon came as the Vermont Department of Health reported three new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s...

On today’s episode we hear a firsthand account of life under Spain’s mandatory quarantine, plus a principal grooving with students while they are out of school.

A Vermont business is helping people around the state protect themselves against COVID-19 by providing soap to food shelves. “We’re doing something to help,” said Michele Asch of Twincraft Skincare, which makes solid and liquid soaps for premium personal care brands all across North America. Those brands, in turn, sell the products internationally, Asch noted. Since we’re all washing...

Vermont officials on Wednesday announced the state’s eighth death from COVID-19, urging residents to follow social distancing guidelines to help stem the spread of the disease. Six of the fatal cases are connected to the Burlington Health & Rehab care facility, health commissioner Mark Levine said in a press conference. Officials said the total number of confirmed cases stood...

Some Vermont distillers are changing up their production, to help provide a critical safety measure during the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic—which has been linked to seven known deaths in Vermont as of Tuesday afternoon. “We’ve switched production gears 180 degrees,” said Jeremy Elliott, the owner of Smugglers’ Notch Distillery, a maker of craft vodka, gin, rum, and...

A Vermont distillery is stepping in to help with the severe shortage of hand santizer in New England.

We have a lot of updates today on government action being taken to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, and an exclusive interview with a woman who is stuck quarantined in a Chinese hotel for two weeks.

COVID-19-related deaths in Vermont have climbed to five, the state’s health department announced Monday—four of them in the same Burlington nursing home. The state’s largest-known outbreak of COVID-19 is inside the Burlington Health & Rehab Center on Pearl Street. The Vermont Department of Health reported four deaths of nursing home residents who tested positive for the respiratory disease caused...

The number of COVID-19 deaths in Vermont reached five on Monday. Four of those deaths were at the same nursing home in Burlington.

Vermont announced 49 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, bringing the state’s total to 75. Five people in the state have now died of COVID-19, an increase of two from Friday. More than 1,100 coronavirus tests have been conducted in Vermont. Three hundred and seven people are being monitored, and 310 have completed monitoring. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Monday…

The Vermont Health Department is urging the state’s long-term care facilities to take the temperature of all staff members before they enter the buildings where they work. Workers who are showing any signs of being ill are being told to stay home. The moves are part of the state’s effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in...

A Vermont man has an urgent plea for people everywhere after his elderly relative died following a COVID-19 diagnosis. “Everyone has a part to play,” Roland O’Neill of Fairfax told NECN and NBC10 Boston, urging people to take social distancing incredibly seriously. “We can help stop the spread.” O’Neill said the brother of his grandmother just died, shortly after...