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California Coronavirus Updates: California Pauses Johnson & Johnson Vaccinations Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | Sacramento, CA Find an updated count of COVID-19 cases in California and by county on our tracker here. Latest Updates California state officials have directed counties and other providers to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while federal agencies look into a possible but rare blood clotting side effect. According to the Associated...

California Coronavirus Updates: Only Two California Counties Left In The Purple Tier Monday, April 12, 2021 | Sacramento, CA Find an updated count of COVID-19 cases in California and by county on our tracker here. Latest Updates Inyo and Merced are the only two California counties left in the state’s most restrictive tier for reopening — the daunting purple — meaning no open bars or indoor dining along with strict limitations on live events and...

Immigrant aid, lifeguard shortage, Frontier Days: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Birmingham: The city on Tuesday extended a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, even as the statewide mandate expires. The City Council voted to extend the mask requirement through May 24. The decision came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Alabama will receive $44 million to expand ...

A Barnstable County official said new COVID-19 case numbers have declined a bit since a third wave peak at the end of March. But “we are not out of the woods yet,” said Vaira Harik, deputy director of the county’s department of human services. “Our outbreak continues here on the Cape,” Harik said during a Thursday morning briefing by the Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force. The three days from Monday to Wednesday saw 213 new COVID-19 cases in Barnstable, compared to 90-plus new dail...

Variants Contributing to Anxiety on Cape Cod "You really should respect the people whove been working so hard to serve you and help you enjoy this special place and steward this place year round. If youre not doing that, youre really just a jerk at this point," a state senator said By Chris Lisinski • NBC10 Boston The springtime COVID-19 outbreak on Cape Cod "remains a deep and urgent worry" for officials in the region, particularly given the rising presence of more highly ...

Rural Nevada county moves to shed masks, virus crowd limits Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 8, 2021 LAS VEGAS (AP) - One rural southern Nevada county could step ahead of the state and approve lifting mask mandates and business capacity limits enacted as pandemic prevention measures more than a year ago. The Nye County Commission is scheduled to vote April 20 to let business...

Colin A. Young State House News Service Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket are going through what a local public health official described as "impressive case spikes," but local business leaders say the region is primed for a record-breaking summer tourism season on the other side of this third major wave of COVID-19. Vaira Harik, of the Barnstable County Department of Human Services, last Thursday said the Cape Cod and the Islands are "suffering disproportionately higher case rates" of ...

Third COVID wave of COVID-19 with variants confirmed on Cape Cod Avoid indoor gatherings, double-mask indoors, Regional Consortium urges Bronwen Howells Walsh Regional health officials today confirmed a third wave of COVID-19 on Cape Cod that includes highly contageous variants, saying continued vigilance with masking and social distancing are critical. "There are multiple variants out in our community," said State Sen. Julian Cyr (D-Truro), spokesman of the Cape Cod COVID Response Task Force...

On-site vaccine shots offered to more Vegas casino workers April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LAS VEGAS (AP) — Another Las Vegas casino operator said Thursday it will offer on-site coronavirus vaccinations to hospitality workers. Station Casinos clinics begin next Tuesday at six of its properties in Las Vegas and suburban Henderson, company spokesman Alex Acuna said. The company arranged with paramedic and ambulance provider American Medical Response to administer COVID-19 vaccine by appointm...

Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket are going through what a local public health official described as "impressive case spikes," but local business leaders said the region is primed for a record-breaking summer tourism season on the other side of this third major wave of COVID-19. Vaira Harik of the Barnstable County Department of Human Services said Thursday morning that Cape Cod and the Islands are "suffering disproportionately higher case rates" of COVID-19 compared to the rest of the s...