Posts Tagged ‘pandemic’
Md. Rolls Out COVID-19 Booster Program
Many Marylanders need a boost.
Effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines that were administered up to eleven months ago is starting to…
Read MoreDel. Auditor Hosts ARPA Spending Town Hall
Delaware’s spending of American Rescue Plan Act funds and how it’s documented and tracked will be detailed tonight (Mon. Oct. 25th) in Georgetown at a town hall…
Read MoreDel., Md. Advance COVID-19 Vax Booster Programs
Delaware and Maryland providers of COVID-19 vaccines can start providing booster shots for vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson and Johnson, to certain populations that have been…
Read MoreFlu Shots Become Available In Del.
If you want to minimize your chance of getting the flu, or reduce the seriousness if you do get sick, now’s the time to schedule a flu…
Read MoreCarney Announces Vax-or-Test Requirement For Educators, School Staff, Contractors And Volunteers
Delaware Governor John Carney, the Division of Public Health and the Department of Education Tuesday announced a COVID-19 vaccination requirement applying to educators, school staff, contractors and…
Read MoreBeebe Hosts Virtual COVID-19 Town Hall
The Sussex County community will be updated on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and vaccine information during a Beebe Healthcare virtual town hall today (Wednesday).
Md. State Flags Fly Half-Staff To Honor 10,000+ Marylanders Lost Due To COVID-19
More than 10,000 Marylanders have been lost due to COVID-19 complications, according to Governor Larry Hogan, who directed state flags in Maryland to fly at half-staff in…
Read MoreNanticoke Hospital Pauses Non-Emergency, Elective Surgeries That Require Overnight Stay
(Updated)
Elective, non-emergency procedures that require an overnight stay are temporarily suspended at TidalHealth Nanticoke Hospital in Seaford for at least…
Read MoreBeebe Pauses Elective Surgeries That Require Overnight Hospital Stay
Beebe Healthcare plans to suspend elective surgical procedures that require an overnight hospital stay, effective today (Tuesday, September 14th).
Hospital officials…
Read MoreDel. Public Health Emergency Order Formally Extended
Governor John Carney Wednesday formally extended Delaware’s COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order for another 30 days.
The extension allows the State…
Read MoreFood Bank Of Del. Schedules Mobile Pantries Next Week
The Food Bank of Delaware will resume mobile food pantries in September.
A drive-up food distribution event is scheduled for Monday,…
Read MoreDel. Public Health: COVID Takes No Holidays
Health officials are urging Delawareans and visitors to protect themselves from coronavirus over Labor Day weekend, whether traveling or gathering with others.
UPDATED: Mask Protesters Disrupt Cape Henlopen Board of Education Meeting
UPDATED 8/24/21 – Last week’s Cape School Board meeting ended abruptly when parents became upset over masks in schools. The meeting was adjourned before the…
Read MoreVIDEO | Md. To Require Hospital, Nursing Home Workers To Vax Or Be Tested
Worcester Schools To Urge, But Won’t Require Face Coverings For Now
Worcester County Public Schools students, teachers and staff will have the option of wearing a mask when classes resume. WCPS will “highly recommend” universal masking, in conjunction…
Read MoreVax, Booster, Test: Del. COVID-19 Weekly Update
Delaware Public Health is encouraging people who take part in large gatherings and events that this time of year brings to get tested for Coronavirus, in light…
Read MoreDel. Vaccine Policy Announced For State Employees, Long-Term Care Staff
The following news release was issued by the office of Delaware Governor John Carney Thursday:
Governor Carney and the Delaware Department…
Read MoreDel. Courts Implement Mask Requirement
Delaware courts will again require anyone at a court facility to wear a face covering starting Monday, August 16th.
Supreme Court…
Read MoreWicomico Co. Public Schools Implement Mask Requirement
Students, staff and visitors to Wicomico County Public Schools will be required to wear a mask at indoor school facilities starting today.
Gov. Carney Announces School Mask Requirement
Delaware students in grades k-through 12, and child care homes and centers will be required to wear a face covering while indoors starting next Monday.
VIDEO | Sussex COVID Case, Vax Rates Draw Concern
The Delta variant is driving up COVID-19 case numbers in Delaware, and hospitalizations have been going up recently as well.
Governor…
Read MoreVIDEO | Hogan: ‘Just Get The Damn Vaccine’
More Financial Relief Available For Md. Seafood Industry
Maryland’s commercial seafood industry is getting an additional $3.4-million in economic relief funds.
Governor Larry Hogan said Wednesday that the money…
Read MoreDel. State Contractors Could Qualify For Relief Program
Delaware is launching a “Market Pressure Relief Fund” that would help state contractors who have been facing higher costs for construction materials.