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![[CREDIT: RIDOH] COVID-19 hospitalizations spiked in December. Meanwhile, only 15 % of Rhode Islanders have gotten the latest COVID-19 shot.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/COVID-19-hospitalizations-2023.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — COVID-19 hospitalizations averaged 237 in September, October and November, then jumped to 359 in December, with only 15 percent of Rhode Islanders up to date on their […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The Health Department urges people to get updated COVID-19 Shots as soon as they're available. The additional shots for vaccinated people are shown to boost your defense against the latest coronavirus strain.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/COVID-19-booster-shots-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The coronavirus public health emergency ended in May, but the mutating virus makes updated COVID-19 shots that helped quell it a key tool in keeping it at […]
![[CREDIT:CDC] The FDA has cleared COVID-19 boosters for kids aged six months to 4 years who have completed the primary vaccine course. Only 9 percent of children in RI in that group qualify.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Six-month-old-COVID-19-Vaccinations-OK-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the booster doses of the bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years at least 2 […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's office] Gov. Dan McKee is isolating following a COVID-19 diagnosis with mild symptoms. His isolation will be for five days, ending with testing on day six, per CDC guidelines.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Gov.-Dan-McKee-2022-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI – Late Saturday, Gov. Dan McKee tested positive for COVID-19 with minor symptoms and is reaching out to close contacts while isolating for five days, according to his […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Saturday, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for six-month-old COVID-19 vaccinations. The endorsement expands eligibility for vaccination to nearly 20 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Buttonwoods Community Center at 3027 West Shore Road.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Buttonwoods-Center-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Tax Collector office at the Warwick’s Buttonwoods Annex is closed to the public for at least the next two days after nearly the entire staff […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/COVID-19-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island COVID-19 cases have jumped to 6 percent of the population this week, placing the Ocean State aT the lead among northeastern states seeing an uptick […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The CDC has designated Rhode Island a yellow zone. In such areas of relatively low transmission, the CDC is not advising masks indoors in public places.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RI-COVID-19-CDC-map-Feb.-27-22-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new guidance on protecting people and neighborhoods from COVID-19, designating all Rhode Island counties as yellow […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The Health Department urges people to get COVID-19 booster shots as soon as they're eligible. The additional shots for vaccinated people are shown to boost your defense against both the Delta variant, and the Omicron variant, which is expected to become the dominant strain in the United States.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-booster-shots-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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PROVIDENCE, RI — Last week, Gov. Dan McKee announced investments expanding COVID-19 rapid tests and at-home test access, urging vaccines and boosters, all of which he’s making easier days before […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] Spread of COVID-19 in RI is high. While about 90 percent of adults are now vaccinated against the virus, teens, eligible since may, are not as far along.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVID-19-RI-Data-Dec.6-2021-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — With less than a month left in 2021, COVID-19 cases have risen to high transmission in Rhode Island at 4.9 percent, barely below the 5 percent threshold […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's office] Rhode Islanders will need all COVID-19 strategies together to put the pandemic behind us, Gov. McKee said, including masks and vaccinations.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/McKee-COVID-19-press-conference-Dec.-1-2021-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Islanders need to keep using all COVID-19 strategies to put the pandemic behind us, Gov. Dan McKee told the public during a live-streamed press conference Dec. […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — As Rhode Islanders move more activities indoors during the cold and COVID-19 transmission remains high, most Ocean Staters are at high risk, making them COVID-19 vaccine booster-eligible. […]
![[CREDIT: familyid.com] Pilgrim High School at 111 Pilgrim Pkwy. Pilgrim High School classes cancelled](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Pilgrim-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The COVID-19 Delta Variant, twice as contagious as the original, is highly spread in RI, so Gov. Dan McKee has extended a school masks mandate and declared […]
![[CREDIT:CDC] The CDC recommends that 5-11 COVID-19 vaccinations should start ASAP.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5-11-COVID-19-Vaccinations-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Gov. Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) announced 5-11 COVID-19 vaccinations are now available and, joined the FDA, CDC and the American Academy […]
ATLANTA, GA — Tuesday, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that children get 5-11 COVID-19 Vaccinations, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, ASAP. The FDA […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. COVID-19 variant B-117, the most common in the U.S., is also spreading in RI, and is 50% more transmissible and 50% more deadly. Pfizer booster shots against the virus are now available in RI.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI —  Booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have been available since Sept. 24, and now Moderna’s and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines against the virus are also available as […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] Dr. Raymond O. Powrie notes COVID19 vaccination has been found to be safe for pregnant women and greatly reduces the risk of severe complications of COVID19.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Powrie-CNE-Pregnant-Moms-COVID-19-Vaccination-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
By Dr. Raymond O. Powrie Care New England We get many questions from our patients and employees about COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. Our knowledge about the risk that COVID19 infection […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] Care New England has ordered vaccination mandated with an Oct. 1 deadline for staff at its hospitals, including Kent Hospital.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Kent-Hospital-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Care New England reports 85 percent of staff at its hospitals, including Kent Hospital, are vaccinated against COVID-19, but that it’s ordering vaccination mandated with an Oct. […]
![[CREDIT: WPS] From left, School Committee members Karen Bachus, David Testa, and Kyle Adams. Masks in school were discussed by the public, but not the School Committee Tuesday night.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Warwick-School-Committee-Masks-COVID-19-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – The CDC has ordered students and drivers must wear masks on school buses this fall, and advises they keep them on in class, but the Warwick School […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The COVID-19 Delta variant is the most dominant in the U.S. now. It is also more contagious and virulent. Above, a CDC map of the percent spread of COVID-19 variants. The Delta variant is marked in dark orange. In region 1, including RI, CT, MA, NH, VT, and ME, the percent cases that are Delta variant is 11.6%.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/COVID-19-Delta-Variant-Dominant-2-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
UPDATE: On Tuesday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, updated the estimate of the percentage of Delta variant COVID-19 infections in the U.S. to […]
PROVIDENCE — The RI Department of Health is closing several COVID-19 testing sites this month, citing a decrease in demand as vaccinations increase in the Ocean State. RIDOH announced Monday […]
WARWICK, RI —  India’s health care system’s struggling against overwhelming COVID-19 cases and Kent Hospital doctors are marshaling local aid for their overseas colleagues. Drawing on their experiences with war zone […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. COVID-19 variant B-117, the most common in the U.S., is also spreading in RI, and is 50% more transmissible and 50% more deadly.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE — Parents and guardians can now register for COVID-19 kids’s shots for ages 12 to 15 in Rhode Island, Gov. Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate has voted 92-6 to advance the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (S. 937) to address the rise of hate crimes and unprovoked violence targeted at […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island is opening 3,200 new COVID-19 vaccination appointments on www.vaccinateRI.org on Thursday at 9 a.m. for the State-run site at Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston. Governor […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The COVID-19 B117 variant has been declared the most common strain in the U.S., leading U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse to urge vigilance as RI […]
![[CREDIT: NIAID RML]An electron microscope image of the virus that causes COVID-19. While tens of thousands of vaccine doses are expected to be administered this week, the state anticipates a large increase in supply allowing them to more swiftly administer vaccine doses to all adults in the state, expanding COVID-19 Vaccine Access.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/COVID-19-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health has opened 20,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments as Rhode Islanders aged 40-49 have become vaccine eligible as have people 16 and older […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration system will start sending appointment notifications today, the Rhode Island Department of Health reports, and advised the public to look out for […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Reed's office] Sen. Jack Reed speaks at CCAP, 311 Doric Ave, Cranston, about the need for increasing underserved communities' access to the COVID-19 vaccine.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Reed-CCAP-COVID-19-Vaccine-Funds-3-29-21-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
CRANSTON, RI— Comprehensive Community Action (CCAP) Family Health Services in Cranston is getting nearly $3 million from the American Rescue Plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The health center is […]
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi has closed the Buttonwoods Center Annex, 3027 West Shore Road, until at least the end of the week after four employees tested positive for […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. McKee's office] Gov. Daniel McKee announced that RI COVID-19 eligibility opens to people 16 and older April 19. Supply and scheduling will likely cause most people to wait a few weeks after that date for their first dose, McKee said.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/McKee-COVID-19-vaccine-eligibility-opens-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island will open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 years old and older April 19, Gov. Daniel McGee said during his Thursday pandemic response press conference, […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — COVID-19 vaccinations for people 65 and older and educators continue this week, with new appointments posting to the state’s vaccination scheduling site after 9 a.m. There will […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health announced severe weather has caused delays that require rescheduling community clinics set for Tuesday in Cranston, East Greenwich and West Warwick. […]
![[WarwickPost illustration] COVID-19 plans for fall classes now involve a partial reopening, without the authority to enforce mask wearing, a crucial element of COVID-19 protection.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/COVID-In-The-Classroom-feature-3-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Readers of the Post know that I don’t usually write commentaries in the first person, but we’re talking about a life and death issue here. I’m enraged […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] A graphic showing the planned COVID-19 vaccination schedule by age group and medical risk. The state has begun distributing COVID-19 vaccine supply by city and town population.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RI-COVID-19-vaccine-timeline-2-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The state is distributing COVID-19 vaccine doses for cities and towns to administer to people 75 and older at a rate Census figures indicate will finish this […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School will be the site of the city's continuing COVID-19 vaccination clinics for people aged 75 and older.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The city will resume COVID-19 vaccination for Warwick residents 75 years old and older starting Monday, Feb. 15 at Warwick Veterans Middle School. Eligible residents who signed […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick residents 75 and older, can now join a COVID-19 vaccine waiting list to get the shot when it’s available later this month at warwickri.gov/vaccine by filling […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccination against the virus being scheduled for people 74 and younger beginning in mid-February. Officials in each city and state will announce how to sign up for thier vaccinations.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE — Early vaccination rollouts for those 75 and older, a drop in early closure restrictions for businesses and a timeline for vaccinating all Rhode Island residents were all part […]
UPDATE: Warwick officials report all appointments for the early phase-out of the COVID-19 vaccine plan for those living in Warwick and who are 75 and older, have been filled. The […]
