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Nashua Board of Health Weighing Curfew in Response to COVID-19 Surge in N.H.

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The city of Nashua is weighing a potential 9:30 p.m. curfew as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in New Hampshire continue to surge. At a Board of Health meeting Wednesday, city officials said the current recommendations like mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing are no longer enough to slow the spread of the virus. Bobbie Bagley, director of Public Health and Community Services in Nashua, said the city is also seeing an impact after this week. "We need to do something to protect the vulnerable populations in our community," Bagley said. "Nashua is right on the border of Massachusetts, so when things shut down in Massachusetts, we do see an increase in activities in our state." While the board hasn't yet made a recommendation, some business owners say they're concerned. That includes Kurt Mathias, owner of the Boston Billiards Club and Casino, which reopened last month after being identified by the city health department as a potential source of COVID-19 exposure. Mathias says a curfew would negatively affect his business. "We are not the problem. Everybody blames the restaurants and the bars," Mathias said, "and I think it's grossly unfair that we now are going to have another restriction of being closed at 9:30 p.m. It just makes no sense whatsoever." If the Board of Health recommends the curfew, it will have to go to the Nashua Board of Aldermen for a vote. Tags:&nbsp;Jeff Lightizer had no plans of slowing down anytime soon. Aside from getting into a few bad car accidents, he was a perfectly healthy 59-year-old man who says he never smoked, and only indulged in the occasional beer. He was happy with his life as it was, crossing the border each morning from his home in Plaistow, to work at a manufacturing company in Massachusetts. When the pandemic hit, Lightizer did everything the experts recommended.NHPR is continuing to cover the developing story around coronavirus in New Hampshire. Bookmark this page for the latest updates, including case numbers and other important news of the day.finds that many nurses and other health-care workers in long-term care facilities have second jobs. The study was prompted by concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, specifically in long-term care facilities. New Hampshire’s long term care facilities have been hit hard by the pandemic. About 80% of the state’s COVID-19 deaths have been residents in those facilities.

The city of Nashua is weighing a potential 9:30 p.m. curfew as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in New Hampshire continue to surge. At a Board of Health meeting Wednesday, city officials said the current recommendations like mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing are no longer enough to slow the spread of the virus. Bobbie Bagley, director of Public Health and Community Services in Nashua, said the city is also seeing an impact after this week. "We need to do something to protect the vulnerable populations in our community," Bagley said. "Nashua is right on the border of...

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