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State health officials reported 735 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as well as six additional deaths, marking the second straight day that Maine has topped 700 new infections. However, a portion of that large number of cases — as well as Wednesday’s record-setting 748 cases — likely stems from the state laboratory reducing a sizable backlog of cases that accrued amid the worsening pandemic. As a result, state health officials have cautioned that daily tabulations will likely include bot...

The Maine CDC opened an outbreak investigation at the Eastside Center for Health and Rehabilitation on Monday. Author: Jackie Mundry (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:49 AM EST December 27, 2020 Updated: 6:14 PM EST December 27, 2020 BANGOR, Maine — Maine CDC spokesperson, Robert Long, told NEWS CENTER Maine that the CDC opened an outbreak investigation at the Eastside Center for Health and Rehabilitation on Monday. "Our team has been working di...

Volunteers answer staffing shortage for vaccination clinics, expose growing need Maine hospitals have called in volunteers to help vaccinate thousands of front-line health care workers, indicating a potential shortage of trained vaccinators and others to carry out a mass inoculation. Share Dr. Peggy Pennoyer and her husband, Dr. Don Endrizzi, both recently retired physicians, have returned to Maine Medical Center in Portland as volunteers to help administer COVID-19 vaccines. Derek Davis/Sta...

Maine CDC reports another 333 COVID-19 cases, 4 additional deaths The public health agency is expecting an influx of test results from outside labs early this week because some did not report numbers to the state over the holiday weekend. Share Sunday’s numbers come a day after the state reported no new cases due to the lab being closed for processing of new test samples on Christmas Day. A poster on a bus stop on Congress Street advises the use of face coverings on Dec. 10. Ben McCanna/Sta...

Central Maine Schools taking advantage of rapid COVID-19 testing Erskine Academy, Vassalboro Community School, Maine Central Institute, MSAD 53 and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences among the local schools using Abbott rapid antigen tests. Share SOUTH CHINA — The coronavirus pandemic continues to run rampant across the state, but a handful of local schools are participating in an increased testing effort to help stop the spread. The Abbott rapid antigen COVID-19 tests are made for indivi...

CHATHAM – If you have a home along the western shore of Chatham Harbor, the last thing you want to see is big ocean surf through breaches in the barrier beach that shelters you from the fury of the mighty Atlantic.

Lack of clarity on vaccine rollout creates confusion in Maine The MaineHealth network asks Maine CDC about inoculation priorities – Should private practitioners be vaccinated? – as the state amends its plan in response to evolving federal guidance. Share Dr. Jules Bodo is prepped to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at Rumford Hospital, part of the Central Maine Healthcare network, by Bobbie Olsen, a registered nurse, in December. As of Monday, 12.98 percent of Maine’s 1.3 million people ha...

Lack of clarity on vaccine rollout creates confusion in Maine The MaineHealth network asks Maine CDC about inoculation priorities – Should private practitioners be vaccinated? – as the state amends its plan in response to evolving federal guidance. Share Dr. Jules Bodo is prepped to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at Rumford Hospital, part of the Central Maine Healthcare network, by Bobbie Olsen, a registered nurse, in December. As of Monday, 12.98 percent of Maine’s 1.3 million people ha...

Dozens of Maine schools now using COVID rapid tests for students and staff The Maine CDC has distributed more than 4,000 rapid tests to K-12 schools since early November. Share William H. Rowe School nurse Jill Webber in her office in Yarmouth on Friday. The Yarmouth schools have received 160 rapid tests. Webber said the rapid tests help the schools immensely, and wishes she had more. “The efficiency and speed at which we can do the testing is going to reduce transmission in schools and the ...

WHECTV Created: December 21, 2020 05:03 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on flower and plant sales recently, The Garden Factory in Gates spent Monday giving back, donating 500 poinsettias to three separate police departments: Gates, Brockport and University of Rochester security. The garden factory says they feel the need to show those working on the front lines of this pandemic that they care. "Its important for us to thank them... I...