Erin Petenko
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Omicron boosters are coming
A new COVID-19 vaccine booster targeted at Omicron strains, called the bivalent vaccine, is coming to Vermont this week, according to the state Department of Health.
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Vt. shifts to providing antigen tests at state sites
Vermont plans to begin providing at-home antigen tests for COVID-19 at state-run testing sites, rather than PCR tests, officials said at a press conference Tuesday.
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COVID deadly in Vermont in January
January 2022 was the second-deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Vermont Department of Health.
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Are antigen tests OK to use in cold weather?
With about 350,000 at-home antigen tests on their way to Vermonters’ mailboxes, readers wrote to VTDigger to ask how the antigen tests would hold up if left for…
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State officials forecast Christmas COVID surge
So far only a handful of Vermonters have tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, state health officials said on Dec. 21. But that won’t be true…
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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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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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Census numbers show Vermont trends
VERMONT — Chittenden County’s population grew 7.5% between 2010 and 2020, the most of any county in the state, according to newly released 2020 census data.The new numbers,…
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Levine urges Vermonters to talk about vaccine
Health Commissioner Mark Levine told Vermonters on Tuesday that the best way to create a wall of protection against COVID-19 this fall and winter is to get vaccinated…
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Vermont COVID cases on the decline
The number of Vermont COVID cases each day has fallen 61% since April 1, the steepest drop in daily numbers in a year, officials said at a press…