COVID-19
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Letter to the editor: Let’s focus on the public good
In my father’s day, the killer was polio. In my son’s, it is COVID. Let’s all focus on the public good and use every medically-recommended tool at our…
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Gov. Scott supports Biden’s new COVID action plan
“I share the President’s commitment to progress by prioritizing what we know will work best, which are not the broad restrictions of 2020.”
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Local towns taking a pass on mask mandates
The communities of Vergennes, Bristol and Brandon have decided not to take advantage of a new law giving communities the option of imposing COVID-related face mask mandates for…
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Editorial: Mask mandates put the responsibility where it belongs
Vermont currently has one of the highest rates per capita of COVID-19 in the country; it’s as bad as it’s ever been here and some of the state’s…
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Vt. COVID rates hit record high
Within only 10 days, Vermont’s seven-day average has gone from about 200 cases each day to over 300 cases per day, Department of Health data shows.
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Editorial: COVID spike requires precaution
A large group of legislators are calling for Gov. Phil Scott to reinstate emergency measures and impose a mask mandate on a temporary basis to fend off a…
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5- to 11-year-olds now eligible for COVID vaccines
Vermont opened registration Wednesday morning for kids to get their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, after the CDC gave its final approval on Tuesday night.
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New walk-in COVID vaccine site opens in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY — A new COVID-19 vaccination clinic has opened in Middlebury. The site at 55 Middle Road — in the big green building behind the One Dollar Market…
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Vermont COVID cases drop, but only slightly
COVID-19 cases have declined 7% in the past two weeks, state officials reported Tuesday, but they reminded Vermonters it’s not the first time cases have begun to slow…
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The latest COVID-19 numbers (Oct. 28)
The Vermont Department of Health reported 401 new COVID-19 cases statewide on this past Saturday and Sunday, but case counts weren’t quite so bad in Addison County.