Mills extends state of emergency as 'race between vaccinations and variants' continues

Mills extends state of emergency as 'race between vaccinations and variants' continues
Gabrielle Mannino
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For the 14th time since the coronavirus pandemic began, Gov. Janet Mills has extended the state of emergency declaration through May 13. 
Mills' office said the governor's decision to extend the proclamation, which allows the state to deploy the available tools to respond to and contain COVID-19, "is in line with nearly every other state in the nation which have ongoing emergency declarations," citing the National Governors Association. 
Under Maine law, state of emergency proclamations can be extended in 30-day increments.
“We are in a race between vaccinations and variants," Mills said in a statement. “With nearly half of all eligible Maine people having received at least one dose of a vaccine, we are making progress, but we have got to keep our foot on the gas to get more people vaccinated, to keep people alive and healthy, and to get us back to normal sooner."

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