| | | | Latest Headlines Saturday, March 14, 2020 |
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The Centers for Disease Control recommend regularly cleaning the surfaces of your house to prevent its spread because evidence suggests that novel coronavirus may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a variety of materials.
Since the University of Maine System announced Wednesday that it will shift exclusively to online learning after spring break to fight the spread of coronavirus, professors at the flagship campus in Orono have been on a tight deadline to redesign their classes for remote instruction.
Ten public schools in eastern Hancock County will close immediately in response to Coronavirus, with the school system’s superintendent saying that “to do otherwise represents a serious risk and overt threat to public health and safety.”
Only last week did the federal government give physicians more leeway to start sampling patients for the virus. And only late last week did Maine receive and start using its first batch of testing materials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which state officials have said will allow it to test about 1,000 individuals.
Here’s a roundup of today’s COVID-19 news in Maine and New England, as of 6 p.m.
Ski operations and lessons at Sugarloaf remain open, but the resort is taking measures to keep the lodge especially clean and reduce large gatherings.
Here is a quick primer on those questions based on guidance from both the United States Center for Disease Control and Maine Center for Disease Control.
A Franklin County resident allied with Central Maine Power asked a Maine court on Friday to overturn a decision by Secretary of State Matt Dunlap to green-light a question for the November ballot to kill the utility’s $1 billion hydropower corridor proposal.
Roughly half of all Mainers — particularly older residents and people in rural areas — are at risk of developing serious illnesses if they contract the new coronavirus, state health officials said.
No one knows yet whether our official commencement will be canceled. Ultimately, though, it’s not the ceremony that matters. It’s about celebrating our accomplishments and the community we’ve built, and by those standards, our homemade graduation was more than enough.
Husson University of Bangor on Friday joined five other conference schools in suspending their spring seasons, while the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Farmington have canceled their seasons outright.local
As Maine residents grapple with the first couple presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, long-term care facilities around the state are preparing for the worst — some even banning visitors entirely, except in end-of-life situations.
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in an effort to bolster funding to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Bangor International Airport flight schedules remain unaffected by the presence of Coronavirus in Maine, airport director Tony Caruso said Friday.
Now with the first cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in the state, the Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets wants market customers and the public to know they are taking immediate and proactive steps to ensure markets are safe places to shop during the pandemic.
You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone.
Consumers may face empty store shelves when trying to buy toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other cleaning supplies recommended by health officials, but retail industry experts said the situation should be temporary.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins criticized the federal government’s handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak on Friday, characterizing the Trump administration’s messaging as “inconsistent” while saying testing “should be more available than it is.”
As of 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 13, test results show that three Mainers have tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced a second presumed positive case of the novel coronavirus on Friday as it walked back a third test publicized earlier in the day, saying that finding was under review.
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