Public health officials have warned that the highly contagious strain of the disease could be a danger to unvaccinated populations, while emphasizing the vaccines’ effectiveness in protecting against COVID-19.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
MaineGeneral discontinues Augusta’s COVID-19 mass vaccination site
MaineGeneral will continue working with camps, schools and businesses, as well as establishing pop-up clinics in communities with lower than average vaccination rates, to provide vaccinations.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine extends $1,500 hiring bonus through July
The incentive to hire unemployed Mainers has been requested for about 300 workers so far since it started last month.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine reports 21 new cases of COVID-19, 1 more death
The death and new cases come on the first day after Gov. Janet Mills lifted the state of civil emergency for the pandemic.
Posted inColumns, Kennebec Journal, Liz Soares, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Liz Soares: A need-to-wear basis
Mask wearing is no longer a must, writes Liz Soares, but something to do when the situation calls for it.
Posted inMaine
Mills thanks public, praises state officials for response to deadly pandemic
At the state’s last regularly scheduled briefing on COVID-19, Gov. Janet Mills and Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah expressed sorrow for those who died and thanked Mainers for their sacrifices.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Religion and Values
Waldoboro church falls victim to pandemic, and others worry whether worshippers will return
Smaller organizations with older congregations that struggled to adapt during the pandemic are in the greatest danger of a downward spiral from which they can’t recover.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Making their way: Augusta Adult and Community Education graduates celebrate milestone
Program’s classes of 2020 and 2021 faced similar challenges as they persevered through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
A rental crisis spurred by the pandemic prompted many states to make bold promises to help renters, but most failed to deliver on them after Congress passed the sweeping CARES Act in March 2020
Posted inNation & World
Growing gaps in U.S. vaccination rates show regions at risk
In the least vaccinated counties, many of them in the South and Central regions of the U.S., less than half as many people have gotten at least one COVID vaccine dose as in the most vaccinated counties in the cities and on the coasts.