A person who worked in the deli section of the store was found to have been sick with the contagious liver disease this month, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Posted inLocal & State
Maine reports 464 new COVID-19 cases Thursday
After sharp increases early this week, hospitalizations declined slightly, from 136 to 132.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Flocks at elevated risk for highly infectious avian flu in Maine
Strains of the virus have led the U.S. poultry industry to euthanize more than 15.6 million chickens and 1.3 million turkeys since Jan. 1. One Maine farm has lost 250 birds this year.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Gov. Mills calls White House, gets more COVID-19 treatments for Maine despite undercount of cases
Maine has been getting a smaller allocation of a monoclonal antibody treatment because of a large backlog of positive tests that have yet to be screened and added to the daily total of confirmed new cases.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Drugs to treat high-risk patients in critically short supply as omicron surge hits Maine
A national shortage leaves Maine’s doctors with a tiny fraction of the monoclonal antibody treatments their patients could use.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Dr. Shah to the unvaccinated: It’s time we talked
Rather than condemn those who eschew COVID-19 shots, a Maine Public call-in show this week welcomed them with open arms.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine reports another spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths, but backlog is nearly gone
The state reported 836 new cases and 29 additional deaths, but many of the cases and deaths date to previous weeks.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Facing backlog of positive tests, Maine CDC reports highest single-day case increase of pandemic
Though researchers tracking the coronavirus say the state’s case backlog can affect the ability to forecast, hospitals in Maine say it hasn’t hindered their ability to plan so far.
Posted inLocal & State, News
State reports 867 COVID-19 cases amid ‘signs of optimism’ that surge could ease
Daily case numbers appear likely to remain high in the coming days as the Maine CDC reviews a backlog of 2,500 positive test results reported over the past week.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine reports 1,008 new cases, 9 more deaths as CDC struggles with backlog
The cases represent new positive test results reviewed by the Maine CDC staff over a three-day period.