As of October 2, 2024:

Masks are optional and encouraged for patients and visitors. Masks are optional and encouraged for UMass Memorial Medical Center employees in all patient encounters, in licensed clinical areas and in all other areas and patient interactions for employees.

We will continue to monitor the level of COVID-19 activity in our patient populations as well as with all employees at our hospitals, so that we can continue to adjust policies as needed. As always, our patient and employee safety and wellbeing remain our highest priorities.
 

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the CDC) is a trusted source of up-to-date information about many topics related to COVID-19, including:

• Symptoms
• Vaccines
• Testing
• Treatment
• Protecting yourself and others
• People with certain medical conditions
• Long COVID basics
• Other tools and resources