The city will also apply escalating penalties thereafter if violations persist.
COVID-19
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine reach another record, ‘overwhelming our system’
Roughly two-thirds of the COVID patients in hospitals across the state are unvaccinated, and the percentage is as high as 85 to 90 among those in critical care.
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Posted inNation & World
Pfizer says its COVID pill is effective against omicron variant
The U.S. will buy enough supply to treat 10 million people.
Posted inNation & World
China reports its first omicron variant cases
China is one of the last countries maintaining a zero-tolerance COVID policy, with Beijing requiring all inbound travelers to quarantine for two to three weeks and to undergo repeated testing.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Number of ICU patients climbs to new record as state reports 1,383 more infections
The National Guard and federal health care workers have been deployed to help Maine’s strained hospitals.
Posted inNation & World
U.K. calls for volunteers to battle wave of omicron infections
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling for thousands of volunteers to staff new vaccination centers in shopping areas, stadiums and racecourses as the government accelerates its booster program.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
National Guard members deployed as COVID surge keeps pressure on Maine hospitals
Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston asks for help as a federal surge response team gets to work assisting the staff at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
Maine employers reopen offices, but keep remote work option
More than 70 percent of offices in the region have reopened, according to a survey this fall by The Boulos Co., but many employers are reshaping them to accommodate pandemic-era safety protocols.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: In rural Maine, a small hospital leans into the COVID-19 storm
Far from the big-city medical centers, the pandemic lays claim to the unvaccinated.
Posted inLocal & State
Vaccination clinic draws huge crowd as Maine reports another 1,018 cases
Despite the weather, hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a no-appointment COVID-19 vaccine clinic. At the same time a team of federal health care workers arrived to lend at hand at Maine’s largest hospital.