Gov. Janet Mills also says she is ‘running out of available public health tools,’ short of closing schools or businesses, to try to contain the spread of the virus.
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How do the vaccines work?
How many doses of the Pfizer vaccine will Maine get and when? The Maine CDC expects to receive 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as soon as next week, and it will use them to vaccinate front-line health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Maine has an estimated 75,000 health care workers with […]
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Bishop urges Maine Catholics to receive COVID vaccine, allaying concerns about use of fetal tissue
Some Catholics have questioned whether they should be vaccinated if tissue from aborted fetuses was used to develop or test the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Hospitals plead with Mainers to wear masks, take precautions
“We have your back. Please have ours,” Central Maine Healthcare, MaineGeneral Health and Northern Light Health leaders wrote in a joint letter released Wednesday.
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Mainers urged to stay vigilant as vaccines arrive, and for a long time afterward
People who are injected with the vaccines still may be able to harbor and spread the disease, one reason face masks could be part of American life well into 2021, and maybe beyond.
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Only half of Americans want shots as COVID-19 vaccine approval nears, poll shows
Many on the fence have safety concerns and want to see how the initial rollout fares – skepticism that could hinder the campaign against the scourge that has killed nearly 290,000 Americans.
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Canada’s health regulator approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, before likely U.S. approval
Canada is set to receive up to 249,000 doses this month and Canadian officials expect to administer them within days.
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U.K. probes whether COVID-19 vaccine caused allergic reactions
British regulators are investigating two brief adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program.
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Facing pressure, state lab to stop processing COVID-19 tests for hospitals
Six hospitals rely on the Maine CDC lab almost exclusively, while others do so in times of surging demand.
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Biden lays out 3 specific priorities on virus as he introduces health team
The president-elect warns that his team’s preliminary review of Trump administration plans for vaccinations has found shortcomings, and calls on Congress to fund the administration of vaccines.