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Posted inMaine, News
Maine CDC building closed after vendor tests positive for COVID-19
The Augusta headquarters of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention was closed this weekend so that the building could be sanitized and cleaned.
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Posted inNation & World
‘You are a miracle’: Home care is new front in virus fight
Agencies in most states are taking COVID-19 patients referred after hospitalizations, or as an alternative to them.
Posted inNation & World
Can nursing homes dedicated to virus patients stop spread?
Some states are setting aside entire nursing homes for residents who are recovering from COVID-19 but still might be contagious or not have immunity.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man robs Shaw’s supermarket in Portland wearing face mask
He robbed a cashier at the Shaw’a Supermarket on Auburn Street, but never displayed a weapon, police say.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine VA health care professionals deploy to New York City
Four Mainers head to the COVID-19 front lines and will be working for 14 straight days consecutively at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in the Bronx.
Posted inSports
Coronavirus and sports: New York governor can see baseball in summer
Andrew Cuomo says MLB should “be creative. Try to figure it out.”
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Bowdoin College on track to lose more than $8 million by the end of the semester
To help cushion the blow, Bowdoin was allocated $1.12 million through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress.
Posted inNation & World
Cuomo announces phased plan to reopen New York
He didn’t give any firm dates but set two markers: The state is closed until May 15th, and new hospitalizations would need to have dropped for two weeks.
Posted inNation & World
Spain lets children outside as U.S. states move at various speeds
Starting May 4, Italy will reopen parks, funerals will be allowed and people can visit relatives living in the same region.