The numbers are improving at the jail, which began dealing with a new wave of infections early last month.
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Gov. Mills activates National Guard as hospitals struggle with surge of COVID-19 patients
The Mills administration will send Guard personnel to support operations at hospitals statewide.
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Pfizer says booster of its COVID-19 vaccine offers protection against omicron
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said that while 2 doses may not be strong enough to prevent infection, lab tests showed a booster increased by 25-fold people’s levels of antibodies capable of fighting off omicron.
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Our View: Tests, shots fail to keep up with Maine virus surge
This failure is helping fuel the historic number of cases – and it will do the same during the next spike if something doesn’t change.
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First lab results show omicron has ‘much more extensive escape’ from antibodies than previous variants
The study also suggests that booster shots could be key in the battle with the variant.
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COVID hospitalizations keep rising as state reports 980 new cases, 12 deaths
Tuesday’s report indicates no slowdown of the delta variant surge in Maine, which officials have warned could intensify through the holiday season.
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Maine reports record spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU patients
The big one-day jump in the number of inpatients coincides with predictions of a post-Thanksgiving surge and ratchets up stress on the state’s hospitals.
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All private New York City businesses required to mandate COVID vaccines, mayor says
The measure will apply to roughly 184,000 businesses not covered by previous vaccine mandates, ranging from multinational corporations to mom-and-pop businesses.
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COVID-19 cases spike over two weeks in RSU 5
Thirty-five cases of COVID-19 over a period of two weeks were reported in Regional School Unit 5 on Dec. 3, according to an email from Superintendent Becky Foley. In addition to 13 cases at Freeport High School, two were reported at Mast Landing School, eight at Durham Community School, four at Pownal Elementary School and […]
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Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron
Meanwhile, COVID-19 has killed over 780,000 Americans and deaths are running at about 860 per day.