North Korea had been one of the last places in the world without an acknowledged COVID-19 case after the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019 and spread to every continent including Antarctica.
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Maine reports 748 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations hold steady
Maine’s infection rate remains among the highest in the nation although the pace of new cases has slowed this week.
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Maine Voices: COVID exacerbated our society’s existing mental health crisis
Seeking help for behavioral health or substance use issues isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s actually a sign of strength.
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Bill Gates says he has COVID, experiencing mild symptoms
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Schools end pooled testing for COVID this week
The Cumberland-North Yarmouth, Falmouth and Yarmouth school districts will discontinue pooled testing for COVID-19 Friday, May 13. The state has ended the program in response to the changing nature of the coronavirus, with most people now showing symptoms within one to two days of contracting the virus. This makes pooled testing less effective, since schools […]
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Falmouth requires masks in town facilities
The town of Falmouth is again requiring masks for all staff and anyone who visits all town offices and facilities, regardless of vaccination status. The town is following federal and state Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and is reinstating the mask policy because Cumberland County’s community transmission level was recently upgraded to high. […]
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WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available
The head of the World Health Organization noted that most countries in Latin America had no access to Pfizer’s drug, Paxlovid.
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Portland schools will require masks starting Thursday
Maine now has the fourth highest COVID-19 infection rate among states as the average daily case count has declined this week.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: School crisis merits deployment of National Guard
This past winter, as our hospitals began to buckle under the strain of COVID, Gov. Janet Mills took a bold step and activated the National Guard to help. Guard members were deployed to hospitals across the state, temporarily taking over nonmedical duties to allow medical staff to focus their efforts, ensuring that communities continued to […]
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Economy tops Maine voters’ list of concerns
Economic concerns have overtaken COVID-19 as the most important issue facing Maine for first time since the outbreak.