Category Archives: coronavirus
Rhode Island’s virus-control restrictions extended a week
RI Dept. of Health Infectious Disease specialist, Dr Philip Chan, talking about how RI will handle vaccines during the December 10, 2020 coronavirus update with Governor Gina Raimondo. Pool photo by K...
Dec 10, 2020
Rhode Island’s attorney general to quarantine for 2 weeks
RI Attorney General Peter Neronha. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's top prosecutor will quarantine for two weeks after a member of his household tested posi...
Dec 08, 2020
Black Lives Matter group urges COVID action at ACI
Members of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island talk with reporters outside the maximum security prison in Rhode Island December 7, 2020, concerned about curbing the spread of the coronavirus behind prison...
Dec 07, 2020
CDC: Rhode Island leads nation in virus cases per capita
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island has reported more coronavirus cases per capita in the past week than any other state, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. R...
Dec 07, 2020
Judge upholds RI order closing gyms during COVID pause
Providence Superior Court. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By WPRO News A Superior Court judge Friday ordered the closure of of gyms that remained open despite orders from the governor that they...
Dec 04, 2020
Rhode Island new case, positivity averages still on the rise
Latest coronavirus figures issued December 4, 2020 by the RI Department of Health show 408 people hospitalized, 13 new deaths and the positivity rate at 9.2%. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's co...
Dec 04, 2020
Vaccine doses headed to state; Gov not joining Biden cabinet
Gov. Gina Raimondo, during her weekly COVID-19 news briefing, said “I am not going to be” President-Elect Joe Biden’s health and human services secretary. Pool photo by David DelPoio...
Dec 03, 2020
Virus news: Rhode Island offers tests upon airport arrival
Inside the terminal at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News The Associated Press People flying into T.F. Green Airport were given the option of a free coronavirus test ...
Nov 29, 2020
Rhode Island provides $100M in aid for businesses, jobless
Governor Gina Raimondo holds her weekly virus update November 25, 2020 at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Pool photo by Sandor Bodo / The Providence Journal The Associated Press Rhode Island will pr...
Nov 25, 2020
House coronavirus vaccine distribution task force created
Rep. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) is seen November 5, 2020, the night House Democrats selected him to be the next Speaker of the RI House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhod...
Nov 24, 2020
