A New York neighborhood seeking coronavirus help feels left behind
Liz Robbins and Frances Stead Sellers, The Washington Post
Feb. 7, 2021
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4of8Aminta Kilawan-Narine, founder of the South Queens Women s March, hands out information and masks at a coronavirus testing site in Richmond Hill.Photo for The Washington Post by Emily Jayne AlexanderShow MoreShow Less
Routes: Hawaii vaccine option? + Frontier at OAK, France/Tahiti visitor ban, $250 mask fines, more
A weekly roundup of air travel and airport news
Jim Glab
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A plane flies into Lihue Airport on Kauai.Matthew Micah Wright/Getty Images
In air travel news this week, Hawaii may soon offer a quarantine exemption to visitors who have completed COVID vaccinations; Southwest will suspend Bay Area flights to Kauai; Frontier starts three new routes out of Oakland; inbound travel is shut down to France and its overseas territories, including Tahiti; TSA gets involved in mask enforcement and threatens $250 fines; airline group reports advance bookings in January were down 70%; American Airlines expands acceptance of VeriFLY app for health data, and Alaska Airlines takes it up as well; and JetBlue makes its premium Mint cabins even cushier as it prepares to begin London flights.
E. Coli Outbreak In Five States Causing Concern, No Clear Link Between Cases
02/06/21 AT 9:33 AM
A deadly E. coli outbreak in the United States is puzzling health officials who have yet to discover a link between cases to determine a source for the food-borne illness.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 cases have been linked to the specific strain of E. Coli, with one person affected in New York, two in Virginia and Washington, five in Oklahoma and six in Arkansas. The alert from the CDC reveals that illnesses began on Dec. 23, 2020, and ranged until Jan. 7, 2021, and more reports of illness are expected. Those affected ranged from 10-95 years old, and 88% of those affected were women.
Summer facilities across the Berkshires are waiting for guidance from the state on whether they can open this summer. Last year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, overnight camps were not allowed to bring in young campers. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
PITTSFIELD â Overnight summer camps in the Berkshires want a signal from Boston that they can operate this summer, after seeing last yearâs season halted at the last minute.
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âThe data is out there that shows, with the right procedures and protocols, itâs safe to have camp. They canât sit just stuck in neutral. The industry cannot withstand another summer without camps.â