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PublishedJanuary 5, 2022
Maine hospitals report spike in staff absences caused by COVID-19
MaineHealth and Northern Light Health are urging Mainers to get vaccinated to ease the burden on health care workers caused by the surge likely being fueled by the omicron variant.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Puerto Rico imposes new COVID-19 measures
Private businesses that cater to the public must close from midnight to 5 a.m. and gatherings of more than 250 people are banned.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Biden urges concern but not alarm as omicron rises
The president emphasized that vaccines, booster shots and therapeutic drugs have mitigated the danger for the overwhelming majority of Americans who are fully vaccinated.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
TV host Seth Meyers contracts COVID-19, show dark this week
He said in a tweet that he feels fine thanks to the vaccine and booster.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Maryland declares 30-day state of emergency as hospitalizations hit record high
Maryland hospitals were treating 3,006 adults and 51 children with the virus, and 600 others were waiting in emergency departments for beds to become available on Monday.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
With omicron, hospital patient numbers may be more important than case counts
With the true number of infections probably much higher than the case count, ‘Hospitalizations are where the rubber meets the road,’ says a public health professor.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
CDC recommends only 5 months between Pfizer COVID vaccine and booster
The announcement was made a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration lowered the wait between Pfizer’s initial vaccine doses and its booster from six months to five.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations near record high as Maine reports 25 more deaths
The number of patients edges closer to the pandemic peak reached last month.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2022
Omicron spreading in Maine as hospitalizations climb
The coronavirus variant made up 8.75% of the positive tests in the week leading to Christmas, according to genomic sequencing by The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2022
FDA allows Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds as omicron surges
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now must decide whether to go along with the recommended boosters for the younger teens.
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