Worcester residents urged to ‘mask up’ after being put into COVID-19 higher-risk ‘Red Zone’

WORCESTER – The day after the state put the city into the higher-risk “red zone” of communities that have seen upticks in COVID-19 virus transmission, city officials urged residents and businesses to follow state and local guidelines on social distancing and face coverings.”You’ve got to mask up,” said Mayor Joseph M. Petty at a press conference in front of South High Community School. Officials had just gone on a tour of the new South High, being built next to the existing building. […]