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FEMA to help pay for COVID funerals
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – FEMA this month will begin providing financial assistance for funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020, for deaths related to COVID-19 to help ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the pandemic, according to a FEMA news release.
“At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters,” says Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense grief for so many people. Although we cannot change what has happened, we affirm our commitment to help with funeral and burial expenses that many families did not anticipate.”
COVID-19 vaccine arrives
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Champaign County EMA Director Jim Freeman receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from EMA Deputy Director David Torsell on Tuesday at the Champaign Health District. After Freeman was vaccinated, the men switched roles and Torsell received his vaccine.
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In Phase 1A, priority is being given to vulnerable individuals who live in close proximity and those who care for them. Other phases will follow.
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Champaign Health District (CHD) began administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday to those in Phase 1A who chose to receive the vaccine.
Lots of history in this week s mailbag including the beautifully restored Solon House in Champaign, the beloved Wheats Steak House in Urbana, a totem pole in Homer and an addition to the venerable Red Lion in Campustown.
Also, a lot of information about the University of Illinois plans to expand its quick, inexpensive COVID testing program; the new county treasurer s plans to fix problems in the office; recycling in Mahomet; programming a weather station and some Champaign street issues.
Red Lion project Last week I drove past The Red Lion on Green Street and saw that someone was doing soil borings on the site. People don t tend to go to that expense unless they have a pending project. Does the owner plan to redevelop the property?