Category Archives: coronavirus
Massachusetts: No plans for statewide shelter-in-place order
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday he's not planning to issue a shelter-in-place order for the state but continues to urge people limit their interactions...
Mar 17, 2020
Charity fund established, business loans available for virus in Rhode Island
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Help is on the way for Rhode Island businesses struggling amid the widening coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo and other off...
Mar 17, 2020
US moves nearer to shutdown amid coronavirus fears
By TERRY SPENCER and TERESA CRAWFORD, The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with health...
Mar 15, 2020
Massachusetts to shut schools, ban dining out to fight virus
photo via Wikimedia Commons BOSTON (AP) - Schools in Massachusetts will close for at least three weeks, and all gatherings of more than 25 people will be banned in the latest attempt to arrest the spr...
Mar 15, 2020
Governor asks child care centers to close amid outbreak, no new cases confirmed Sunday
The Rhode Island Department of health headquarters in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo on Sunday asked child care centers to cl...
Mar 15, 2020
Virus screenings jam US airports; ‘atrocious,’ a flyer says
By TERRY SPENCER and MALLIKA SEN, The Associated Press Long lines and hourslong waits for required medical screenings greeted weary travelers returning to some U.S. airports amid coronavirus-related t...
Mar 15, 2020
Raimondo announces new insurance initiatives as part of COVID-19 response
The Rhode Island Department of Health headquarters in Providence. File photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced Saturday that new guidance has been issued to ...
Mar 14, 2020
Rhode Island has 20 confirmed coronavirus cases, up from 14
Rhode Island State House. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News By DAVID KLEPPER, The Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Rhode Island has risen fro...
Mar 14, 2020
Twin River and Tiverton Casinos to close for at least a week
Twin River Casino Hotel in Lincoln and the Tiverton Casino Hotel in Tiverton announced Friday evening that they will close for a period of at least a week, at which time the situation will be reassess...
Mar 13, 2020
Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency
By ANDREW TAYLOR, ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national eme...
Mar 13, 2020
