ANDROSCOGGIN VALLEY — A “recent and rapid increase in the rate of COVID infections in the community” has led Berlin and Gorham to issue Code Red warnings asking residents to get vaccinated, wear masks and stay home as much as possible.
“We’re in the worst of the last 20 months of this pandemic, and we need everyone to help us through,” said Ken Gordon, CEO of Coos County Family Health Services.
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