Promotions, new hire brings Southington fire department to full strength- SOUTHINGTON The Fire Department has a full slate of officers following a flurry of career and volunteer promotions.The Board of Fire Commissioners promoted James Paul from assistant fire chief to the department’s leader last month. That kicked off a.
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University of Chicago Converts All Undergraduate Courses to Online
April 9, 6:16 a.m. The University of Chicago is converting all in-person undergraduate classes to online courses for a week and ordered students living in residence halls to stay there for a week. Tests in recent days have detected more than 50 cases of COVID-19 involving students in the college, including many living in residence halls, and we expect this number to increase, said a memo on the changes from Michele Rasmussen, dean of students, and Eric Heath, associate vice president for safety and security. Those who have tested positive are in isolation, following university protocols. Many of these cases may have been connected to one or more parties held by off-campus fraternities over the last week. We are particularly concerned because of the high likelihood that these cases involve the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant, which is currently widesp
U.S. Vaccination Drive Picks Up, Japan Seeks Curbs: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) The U.S. vaccination drive has picked up pace over the last two days after a lull following Easter and the end of Passover, according to the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker. Another 3.4 million doses were reported on Thursday, bringing the seven-day average to 3.04 million, almost at the record level before the holiday dropoff.
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More countries are limiting the use of AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine: the Netherlands won’t administer the shots for people under 60, while Australia said it would guide against giving them to people under 50. The U.S. stockpile has grown to more than 20 million doses.
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