CDC: All RI Counties at ‘Medium’ COVID Risk
![[CREDIT: CDC] A new COVID-19 strain, XBB1.5, more contagious and resistant to antibodies, is projected to dominate in RI and the northeast. COVID risk in RI has recently been assessed as medium in all counties.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CDC-COVID-19-closeup-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — All Rhode Island counties’ COVID risk are now considered medium, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports Providence County, the sole RI region with a […]
COVID-19 pandemic
![[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://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RI-COVID-19-CDC-map-Feb.-27-22-140x140.png)
CDC, RIDOH Shift COVID-19 Measures
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 […]
Kent Airlifting India Medical Aid
WARWICK, RI — COVID-19 medical supplies from Kent Hospital’s India Relief Effort collected at the former Field Hospital have started their journey by plane to Delhi, India. India’s health care system’s […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] Only one elementary school among Warwick Public Schools has been spared a COVID-19 case among students or staff since Nov. 30. Children show symptoms less often, but still pose an infection risk to others and family.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Warwick-Public-Schools-COVID-19-cases-Dec.14-2020-140x140.png)
Most Warwick Schools Report COVID-19 Cases
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![[CREDIT: Warwick Tourism Department] Pawtuxet Park will be the site of a Warwick outdoor marketplace running through December.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Pawtuxet-Park-140x140.jpg)
Warwick Outdoor Marketplace Runs Oct. 10 – Dec. 12
WARWICK, RI – Warwick will run a “2020 Autumn Outside Marketplace” Saturdays Oct. 10 through Dec 12. at Pawtuxet Park using a state “Take It Outside grant, Mayor Joseph J. […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] The CDC and the RI Department of Health advise getting your flu shot as flu season begins this month. Why does sweater weather start flu season? Research indicates it's cold, dry air.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Flu-shot-140x140.png)
RIDOH: Flu Shots Crucial During COVID-19 Pandemic
PROVIDENCE, RI — Flu season’s starting with the COVID-19 pandemic still rolling, so health care workers and doctors hope comprehensive flu shots will limit the double threat. Flu vaccine will […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] This image shows the shape of coronaviruses. Spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona, microscopically. In this view, the protein particles E, S, and M, also located on the outer surface of the particle, have all been labeled.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
COVID-19: RI Takes CDC Lead Limiting Spread
PROVIDENCE, RI — Monday, two days before the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, Rhode Island Hospital closed all but one entrance, stationing masked screeners to […]
