Idaho lifts limit on gatherings, cites ample hospital space
REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is moving into a new stage of Gov. Brad Little's coronavirus reopening plans and lifting restrictions on the size of gatherings.
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen made the announcement Tuesday, noting that the state's health care system isn't strained and plenty of vaccine is available for interested residents.
“Eighty-three percent of hospitals are operating as normal and there's no hospital in the state that has a resource limitation going on,” Jeppesen said during a news conference.
In November and December, some Idaho hospitals were intermittently turning away people or sending them elsewhere because they didn't have enough healthy staffers or available beds to admit them.