Dr. Dora Anne Mills says adding such sports at the same time the state is reopening schools and entering flu season is like adding fuel to a fire.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
BIW delays mandatory mask policy to October, gets mixed reaction from workers
According to the company’s health and safety policy, “Face coverings are required now for all salaried, Local S6 and [Independent Guards Association] employees, and will be phased in fully on October 5, 2020.”
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Posted inMaine, News
State suspends health license of Millinocket inn where outbreak began
Maine says the Big Moose Inn still wasn’t complying with safety guidelines after hosting a wedding reception linked to outbreaks totaling 87 cases and 1 death to date.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Student at USM tests positive for COVID-19
The out-of-state student who tested positive is living off-campus and is in isolation at home, the university said.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Rapid, inexpensive COVID-19 test to be produced in Maine, creating 1,200 jobs
The White House announces a $750 million deal with Abbott Laboratories to have the company produce 150 million of its rapid-results tests for the federal government.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Mills signs executive order to support absentee voting, protect polling places from COVID-19
The order gives clerks more time to process absentee ballots, limits the number of people in a polling place to 50 and requires municipalities to promote distancing among voters and poll workers.
Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
RSU 9 staff member tests positive for COVID-19
Superintendent says no contact made with schools, students, other staff.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
UMaine suspends student, disciplines 7 others for parties that violated virus rules
The university says the students were disciplined for hosting off-campus parties at which attendees ignored face-covering and social distancing mandates.
Posted inMaine, News
State opens new COVID-19 mobile testing lab, quadrupling capacity
The lab, which enables the Maine CDC to run more than 25,000 tests a week, is part of a partnership with Idexx that was announced in early May.
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The Latest: Back to class: Despite virus surge, Europe reopens schools
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. PARIS — A mother and her three children scanned the school supplies in a Paris supermarket, plucking out multicolored fountain pens, crisp notebooks – and plenty of masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school […]