DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew said the state is taking additional steps to ensure nursing and long-term care homes have adequate emergency plans in response to outbreaks at several facilities.
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Cautious but vigilant, Janet Mills navigates a time of crisis
Conscious of Mainers’ independence and protective of constitutional rights, the governor comes to strict distancing orders deliberately, even as they extend to the state’s highest office.
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Maine CDC reports 1 more coronavirus death and 9 more cases at Belfast senior facility
Gov. Janet Mills changes the state’s primary election to July 14 and says she is considering an executive order to curb evictions to help Mainers who have lost jobs and income in the pandemic.
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Maine doesn’t know how many COVID-19 patients are hospitalized
More than 3 weeks into the outbreak, the state doesn’t have complete, daily data from all hospitals.
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State to open coronavirus alternative care sites at Cross arenas in Portland, Bangor
Gov. Janet Mills announced that the sites will open next week with at least 100 beds in Portland and 50 beds in Bangor as 2 more deaths were reported in Maine.
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Modeling shows Maine with a wide range of possible outcomes to coronavirus pandemic
Epidemiologists at the Maine CCD study models that reveal how slight changes in social distancing could have huge impacts on the number of deaths and the need for hospital beds and equipment.
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With case count near 500, state plans for new treatment ‘modules’
The director of Maine’s CDC says the agency continues to distribute personal protective equipment for health care workers and will soon detail plans for ‘modules’ outside of hospitals to treat patients if there is a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Lapses in hospitals’ reporting left Maine CDC lacking key data
As the agency has prepared for a surge in coronavirus cases, not all hospitals have shared numbers of intensive care unit beds and ventilators.
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Mills seeks disaster declaration as coronavirus infections, deaths rise
The governor’s request would make Maine eligible for additional federal funding.
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Anxiety rises as health care workers risk exposure to fight coronavirus
Shortages of personal protective equipment put doctors, nurses and anyone else who works in health care at higher risk of contracting the virus.