The change in requirements for businesses comes as Maine sees improving health metrics, including a decrease in the positivity rate and new case rate.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine inmates should not have to wait for vaccine
Incarcerated people are a high-risk group that’s not given high priority in the state’s vaccine program.
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Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Vaccination rollout leaves questions unanswered for Lakes Region residents
In the Lakes Region, pharmacy retailers and some long-term care facilities have declined to comment on where their allotment has gone and providers have said that the sporadic and limited supply makes it difficult to say when and where residents can get vaccinated.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Virus will kill many more, White House projects as briefings resume
The Biden administration is projecting that as many as 90,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 in the next four weeks.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Only one of the world’s 29 poorest countries has started coronavirus vaccinations
World Health Organization officials said last week that the West African nation of Guinea is the only low-income country of 29 to begin vaccinating.
Posted inTimes Record
BIW wants workers vaccinated sooner, but won’t make vaccinations mandatory
Bath Iron Works argued its workers should be included with the over 200,000 Mainers in the 1B and 1C vaccination groups.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
White House seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses; states to get more next week
Even before any additional purchase, allocations to states and other jurisdictions will increase by about 16% next week, says the Biden administration.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine preparing central registry for COVID-19 vaccinations
But it could be 2 to 4 weeks before the online registry and telephone call center go into operation, says Maine’s CDC director.
Posted inNation & World
Moderna vaccine protects against British and South African variants, company says
The finding was largely encouraging but contained a clear warning sign: Even though the vaccine generated disease-fighting antibodies that worked against the South African variant, that efficacy was diminished.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Health care systems open new COVID-19 vaccine clinics, but vaccine supply remains limited
Maine reported 259 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and 3 additional deaths.