Dartmouth COVID-19 case counts continue to decline
Modified: 3/8/2021 9:33:26 PM
HANOVER Dartmouth College has begun easing COVID-19 restrictions after case counts continued to decline at the college over the weekend.
The relaxation of restrictions on Monday included reopening group spaces including Baker-Berry Library, Collis Center, Top of the Hop, Kemeny Hall, Alumni Gym and Zimmerman Fitness Center, Dr. Lisa Adams and Josh Keniston, the co-chairs of the college’s COVID-19 taskforce, said in a message to the community.
Despite the gradual reopening, students continue to be barred from visiting one another in their rooms or gathering in hallways, the message said. Common spaces and kitchens in residence halls remain closed and dining options will continue to be “grab and go.”
COVID-19: Vermont to make teachers, prison guards, more high-risk people eligible for vaccine
VtDigger and Staff Reports
Modified: 3/2/2021 11:03:48 PM
MONTPELIER With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine receiving emergency use authorization and the federal pharmacy program ramping up supply, Gov. Phil Scott announced Tuesday that school staff, public safety employees, child care workers and more Vermonters with high-risk conditions will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting next week.
Phase 5 of the state’s vaccination program will open Monday, March 8, Scott said, for high-risk Vermonters age 55 and over. Starting March 15, people with the same high-risk conditions ages 16 and over will become eligible. All told, that’s about 75,000 people, according to administration officials.