Category Archives: coronavirus
Sen. Warren tours vaccination site, praises infrastructure bill
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Jon Mitchell tour a COVID vaccination site March 31, 2021, being built in a former EPA building on the New Bedford waterfront that is being paid for with federal fun...
Mar 31, 2021
Mass vaccination site to ramp up doses to 7,000 a day
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky joined Gov. Charlie Baker (at left) on a tour of the mass COVID vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston Marc...
Mar 30, 2021
Rhode Island on target to make all adults vaccine eligible
Tom McCarthy, Executive Director of the RI Department of Health COVID-19 Response Team. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is on track to meet Gov. Dan McKee's ...
Mar 30, 2021
2 independent pharmacies in Rhode Island now offer vaccines
Courtesy RI Department of Health PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two independent pharmacies in Rhode Island started offering coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday. Matt's Local Pharmacy in Middletown and Suburban P...
Mar 30, 2021
Rhode Island to make about 9,000 vaccine slots available
Gov. Dan McKee. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island plans to make about 9,000 more coronavirus vaccine appointment slots available Friday, much more than initial...
Mar 26, 2021
Rhode Island unveils details of vaccine eligibility timeline
Gov. Dan McKee kicks off his weekly coronavirus briefing March 25, 2021 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press An increased supply of ...
Mar 25, 2021
Mass. relaxes visitation, activity rules at nursing homes
File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other congregate care facilities in Massachusetts are now allowed to welcome more visitors and resume ...
Mar 24, 2021
Rhode Island making more first-dose appointments available
The Dunkin Donuts Center is converted into a mass vaccination center for coronavirus February 18, 2021. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Department of Health m...
Mar 23, 2021
Rhode Island moves state tax filing deadline to May 17
Rhode Island Division of Taxation offices. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island is moving the deadline to file state taxes to May 17 to align with the delayed deadline...
Mar 22, 2021
New mass vaccination site at Hynes Convention Center opens
Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Photo courtesy Grk1011 via Wikipedia BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' latest coronavirus mass vaccination site at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's Back Bay held a...
Mar 18, 2021
