The seven-day infection average drops below 70, where it hasn’t been since mid-October.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: This past school year was not lost, it was lived. Beautifully.
Let’s not have this time defined by learning loss, but rather by the compassion and resilience that students, families and teachers have mustered.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Stop shutting immigrants out of health coverage in Maine
A lesson of COVID that we should never forget is that we all have a stake in each other’s health.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Maine schools plan for five days per week of in-person learning this fall
Districts are weighing whether to participate in the state’s pooled testing program for COVID-19, which allows for the easing of physical distancing, and some are scaling back or eliminating remote options.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans aim to revive Fauci attacks after email trove released
The White House is clearly standing with the doctor, despite the onslaught of criticism.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine CDC reports another low daily caseload, one death
The 98 new cases of COVID-19 mark the seventh time in the past eight days that the number of infections has been less than 100.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: What does resilience sound like? Come and hear it.
Undeterred by COVID, mosquitoes, rain and cold, the singers of Women in Harmony persist in gathering safely. Now they’re planning a concert June 19.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Most California workers to stay masked under revised rules
Employees will soon be able to skip masks in the workplace, but only if every employee in the room is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Posted inNation & World, News
Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists
The government says it is removing the need for coronavirus tests for vaccinated Europeans, and is allowing vaccinated tourists from most of the rest of the world if they have a negative test.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Pooled’ testing in schools lowers COVID risk, anxiety
Augusta is the latest Maine district to join the program, which could help educators deal with the virus as they return to full in-person instruction.