The president used the occasion Wednesday to call on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the pandemic.
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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.
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FDA authorizes another booster shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people 50 and older
The question is whether everyone who’s eligible should rush out and get it.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as Maine reports 454 cases from weekend
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.
Posted inNation & World
China’s biggest lockdown in 2 years starts in Shanghai
The nation calls its ‘zero-tolerance’ approach the most economical and effective prevention strategy against COVID-19.
Posted inLocal & State
COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady after steep drop
After declining steadily for weeks, hospital patient counts have ranged from 89 to 96 per day since March 19.
Posted inNation & World
Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins
The city’s financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass testing gets underway.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
COVID-19 hospitalization numbers still low in Maine
On Sunday, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 92 people were in hospitals statewide with coronavirus.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Old Hallowell Day to return in July after two-year hiatus due to pandemic
The mostly outdoors celebration is scheduled for Saturday, July 16, with the traditional parade and many other events.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Thousands of Mainers told to repay pandemic-related jobless benefits
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.