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Maine’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations hold steady as more vaccine boosters are approved

Additional booster shots are now approved for everyone who is 50 and older or immunocompromised and for anyone who received the J&J vaccine.

by LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

The question is whether everyone who’s eligible should rush out and get it.

Omicron BA.2, a subvariant that is more contagious and now the dominant strain nationally, makes up 10.4 percent of positive tests sampled in Maine.

by Associated Press March 28, 2022

The nation calls its ‘zero-tolerance’ approach the most economical and effective prevention strategy against COVID-19.

After declining steadily for weeks, hospital patient counts have ranged from 89 to 96 per day since March 19.

by Associated Press March 27, 2022March 28, 2022

The city’s financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway.

On Sunday, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 92 people were in hospitals statewide with coronavirus.

The mostly outdoors celebration is scheduled for Saturday, July 16, with the traditional parade and many other events.

The state is attempting to recoup $46 million from 11,000 Mainers it says failed to retroactively prove their eligibility for a federal aid program.

A total of 93 people were hospitalized statewide with the coronavirus on Saturday, the same number as on Friday.