Category Archives: coronavirus
RI Supreme Court rejects change in early release to stem virus
Members of the group Black Lives Matter Rhode Island rallied at the ACI in Cranston December 7, 2020, calling for early release of inmates and other steps to stem the spread of the coronavirus. File p...
Dec 28, 2020
Rhode Island nursing home vaccination effort starts Monday
Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An eff...
Dec 28, 2020
Trump signs massive measure funding government, COVID relief
By JILL COLVIN, LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday evening, ending days of dr...
Dec 27, 2020
RI to relax some COVID rules after pause helped slow spread
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo will end a three-week "pause" of the state's recovery plans after she said it hel...
Dec 19, 2020
Governor warns of COVID-19 testing site closures ahead of storm
The Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's governor is warning about impacts to the state's coronavirus testing as the region braces for a ma...
Dec 16, 2020
Rhode Island health director tests positive for COVID-19
RI Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott encourages getting a flu shot September 29, 2020. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press The director of the Rhode Islan...
Dec 13, 2020
US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic
Vials containing COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy va.gov By LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and JONATHAN LEMIRE, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the...
Dec 11, 2020
Rhode Island’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,500
People line up for coronavirus tests at the RI Convention Center December 7, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The number of Rhode Islanders who have died after contractin...
Dec 11, 2020
Head of state agency tests positive for the coronavirus
RI Director of Administration Brett Smiley, Women & Infants Hospital President and Chief Operating Officer Shannon Sullivan and Dr. Laura Forman, Chief of emergency medicine at Kent Hospital show ...
Dec 11, 2020
US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Vials containing COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy va.gov By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfiz...
Dec 11, 2020
