News Roundup: As Coronavirus Numbers Rise, Cape Region Takes Up the Challenge

Published: March 27, 2020, 4:23 p.m.

As case numbers continue to rise, local hospitals cope with a shortage of protective gear. Governor Baker orders nonessential bricks-and-mortar businesses to close and extends the school shutdown until May. The Islands attempt a contruction ban, but it's no so easy. And local volunteers take up the call to sew protective masks.