Rhode Island teachers, school staff, and child-care workers now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine, Governor McKee says
Also, people age 50 and older may be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine if they live in certain parts of Providence that have been hit hard by the pandemic.
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated March 9, 2021, 1:05 p.m.
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Kate Dusel, of Bristol, R.I., is an eighth grade teacher in Newport. She was able to book an appointment on March 4 in the Providence Place Mall CVS Pharmacy for a COVID-19 vaccine, which was administered by pharmacy tech Jasmine Lopes-Jackson.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
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ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 114,438 confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after adding 550 new cases. The most-recent overall daily test-positive rate was 2.9 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 17 percent. The state announced 10 more deaths, bringing the total to 2,154. There were 324 people in the hospital, and 66,778 residents had received the first dose of the vaccine.
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Gina Raimondo sure knows how to go out with a bang.
Rhode Island and the rest of the region is expected to get walloped by a snowstorm that will begin this morning and has already forced many school districts to move to distance learning. Raimondo has also banned all tractor-trailers, except those carrying emergency supplies, from traveling on state roads.