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Coronavirus

Published
June 29, 2021

Waldoboro church falls victim to pandemic, and others worry whether worshippers will return

Smaller organizations with older congregations that struggled to adapt during the pandemic are in the greatest danger of a downward spiral from which they can’t recover.
Published
June 29, 2021

Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy

A rental crisis spurred by the pandemic prompted many states to make bold promises to help renters, but most failed to deliver on them after Congress passed the sweeping CARES Act in March 2020
Published
June 29, 2021

Growing gaps in U.S. vaccination rates show regions at risk

In the least vaccinated counties, many of them in the South and Central regions of the U.S., less than half as many people have gotten at least one COVID vaccine dose as in the most vaccinated counties in the cities and on the coasts.
Published
June 29, 2021

COVID-19 indicators improve, signaling ‘the tables have turned’

The seven-day average of daily new cases stands at 25.1, compared to 192.9 a month ago.
Published
June 28, 2021

Tri-county nursing home staff are less vaccinated than residents, data shows

Residents of the 14 nursing homes located in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties are vaccinated at a higher rate than the health care personnel who work there, according to data from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.

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Published
June 28, 2021

Hospitals want mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all Maine health care workers

The Maine Hospital Association is having preliminary discussions with state health officials about vaccine requirements for staff, once the FDA gives full approval to the vaccines.
Published
June 27, 2021

Members of state worker’s union rally for livable wage ahead of contract renewal

Those who did not attend the Sunday rally had to work a 'second job' to pay their bills, according to the speakers at the event.
Published
June 27, 2021

As variant rises, U.S. vaccine plan targets ‘movable middle’

Vaccination rates have dropped below 1 million a day, and there's no sign yet of a turnaround.
Published
June 27, 2021

Maine CDC reports 12 new COVID-19 cases, no more deaths

Low daily caseloads pushed the seven-day average of coronavirus infections to 21.4 on Sunday.
Published
June 26, 2021

‘No one had any idea how bad this could be’: Local health care workers’ reflections on COVID-19

The Sun Journal spoke to six health care workers from Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center about the impacts that the 15-month-old pandemic has had on them.