Maine says the Big Moose Inn still wasn’t complying with safety guidelines after hosting a wedding reception linked to outbreaks totaling 87 cases and 1 death to date.
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Student at USM tests positive for COVID-19
The out-of-state student who tested positive is living off-campus and is in isolation at home, the university said.
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Six feet may not be enough to protect against coronavirus, experts warn
Factors such air circulation, ventilation, exposure time, crowd density, whether people are wearing face masks, and whether they are silent, speaking, shouting or singing should be part of assessing whether six feet is sufficient, experts say.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Rapid, inexpensive COVID-19 test to be produced in Maine, creating 1,200 jobs
The White House announces a $750 million deal with Abbott Laboratories to have the company produce 150 million of its rapid-results tests for the federal government.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
Mills signs executive order to support absentee voting, protect polling places from COVID-19
The order gives clerks more time to process absentee ballots, limits the number of people in a polling place to 50 and requires municipalities to promote distancing among voters and poll workers.
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UMaine suspends student, disciplines 7 others for parties that violated virus rules
The university says the students were disciplined for hosting off-campus parties at which attendees ignored face-covering and social distancing mandates.
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State opens new COVID-19 mobile testing lab, quadrupling capacity
The lab, which enables the Maine CDC to run more than 25,000 tests a week, is part of a partnership with Idexx that was announced in early May.
Posted inNation & World, News
The Latest: Back to class: Despite virus surge, Europe reopens schools
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. PARIS — A mother and her three children scanned the school supplies in a Paris supermarket, plucking out multicolored fountain pens, crisp notebooks – and plenty of masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school […]
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Our View: Millinocket wedding outbreak shows why COVID rules matter
Infections linked to one event have spread across the state.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Are women leaders better at fighting COVID? It’s not that simple
Here’s what you need to know to separate myth from reality.