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Mar 9, 2021
MOST church doors will remain closed until stage three of the exit from lockdown, which it is hoped will be just in time for Easter.
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Father Chris Rutledge – the Roman Catholic Dean of the Bailiwick – in St Joseph’s Church, where he is priest said the church could reopen to the public soon with safety measures in place. (Picture by Sophie Rabey, 29314271)
Under the current guidance in stage two, gatherings of up to 20 people are permitted in indoor public spaces, as long as they are socially distanced from those not in their extended household bubble.
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Iowa’s hospitals are caring for fewer COVID-19 patients, allowing at least one to close its COVID-19 wards.
“Like other hospitals in Iowa, we have seen a reduction in the number of patients requiring the need for critical care,” MercyOne spokesman Gregg Lagan said in a statement Wednesday evening. “This has made it possible to provide care to critical COVID-19 patients in our existing ICU units.”
Jan 27, 2021
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) Chris Rutledge peels an N-95 mask off her tired face, revealing the silhouette it leaves behind. Her name and a tiny heart are drawn on the face covering in black marker so her patients know who she is.
“I look terrible when it comes off,” she jokes as she takes a break during her ninth straight day of 12-hour shifts inside a temporary field hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina.
Rutledge, a 60-year-old retired nurse from Lisbon, Iowa, is one of dozens of health care workers who have been treating coronavirus patients inside 11 massive white medical tents set up in the parking lot of Caldwell Memorial Hospital.