| | | | Latest news Monday, March 16, 2020 at 1 pm |
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With businesses, schools and colleges going into lockdown nationwide and in Maine, internet use from home is poised to increase dramatically in the coming days and weeks.
Until further notice, visitors and seasonal residents will no longer be permitted to travel to the island of North Haven in an attempt to protect the community from the spread of the coronavirus.
A Bangor man has been charged in connection with a shooting in Millinocket on Sunday afternoon that seriously wounded another man, according to the Maine State Police.
Jerome Adams' remarks are a sign that infections are expected to rise in America as the government steps up testing and financial markets continue to fall.
The directives from state leaders have offered only so much clarity.
Health officials have said that the most recent cases have been the result of "community spread," not travel abroad.
The boy is one of 12 Mainers who have tested positive or presumptive positive for the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, as of Sunday, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
As of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 15, seven Maine residents have been confirmed positive and five others are presumed positive for the coronavirus, according to the state.
That number is fluctuating hourly, Maine CDC spokesperson Robert Long said, in part because of status changes based on negative and positive test results.
Isgro called the proposal a "temporary" measure to protect public health during the coronavirus pandemic.
The legislative flurry comes on the heels of increasingly drastic action in Maine, most of which has not been mandated by the governor.
All in-person classes have been suspended and dorms will close at noon Wednesday.
By now, many of you are practicing social distancing in in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. We want to know how you're doing.
Mainers will wake up to more big changes Monday that include major disruptions to their daily lives.
In nature, turtles can live past the age of 100, and they’ve been on this earth for more than 200 million years. But some species have been threatened by a comparatively much more recent threat — getting hit by cars on the roadways.
Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with governors closing restaurants, bars, and schools and a government expert saying a 14-day national shutdown may be needed.
A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a civil emergency on Sunday as the state announced seven confirmed positive tests of the coronavirus with another five likely cases over four days.
State health officials said Sunday that seven previous positive tests for coronavirus have been confirmed by U.S. health officials and another five people are likely to have it.
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