Tag: Covid-19
Lt. Gov. Matos positive for COVID-19; Elorza mandates vaccine for city...
PROVIDENCE – Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos on Tuesday announced on Twitter she has tested positive for COVID-19.
“I tested positive for COVID-19. I have very...
Newport Mansions to require visitors to show proof of vaccination, booster...
NEWPORT – Visitors to the famous Newport Mansions will soon be required to show proof that they are vaccinated for COVID-19 and have received...
McKee moves to protect R.I. hospitals, health care workers from civil...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee recently issued an executive order protecting hospitals and medical staff from civil damages if the care they provide...
Federal Reserve: COVID-19 boosted online, credit card purchases
PROVIDENCE – The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in new spending habits for consumers, many of whom made the switch to online purchases and banking services,...
Providence College to require COVID-19 booster for spring semester
PROVIDENCE – Providence College has joined the list of local colleges to mandate COVID-19 booster vaccinations for students and employees before the start of...
Access RI calls on McKee to reinstate remote meetings for public...
PROVIDENCE – As the highly contagious omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus surges across Rhode Island and around the country, a nonprofit coalition is...
Despite supply issues and omicron, holiday sales rise 8.5%
Holiday sales rose at the fastest pace in 17 years, even as shoppers grappled with higher prices, product shortages and a raging new COVID-19...
Flight cancellations continue due to bad weather, sick crews
NEW YORK (AP) – Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights.
Staffers calling out sick...
Westerly Hospital requires vaccine proof or negative test for visitors
WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital is among the health care facilities across the state to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative PCR test...
Kent offers state’s first ‘hospital-at-home’ acute care program
Call it home sweet hospital.
Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick recently received a waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and...
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