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Infection Increase Sparks Enforcement, Gatherings Crackdown

Colin A. Young8/7/20 3:56 PM

Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that he was authorizing all state and local police to enforce the orders. [Nic Czarnecki/Boston Herald/Pool]

Gov. Charlie Baker has had enough of people holding large private gatherings and disregarding COVID-19 mitigation strategies like social distancing. So on Friday, he indefinitely paused the state's economic reopening, lowered the outdoor gathering limit and empowered the police to enforce coronavirus-related orders.

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