Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine More women than men are getting vaccinated against coronavirus in Maine.
The trend in Maine reflects a broader trend around the country, as many states have reported similar results. Nearly 58% of the people who have received their final dose in the state have been women.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention also reported Tuesday that nearly 56% of the people receiving a first dose of the vaccine have been women. About 55% of the state has had its first dose and 43% has had its final dose.
Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said one explanation for the gap is that workforces that include a high percentage of women, such as educators and healthcare professionals, received earlier access to the vaccines.
Portland businesses struggle to keep up with new $18 hazard pay
Some have cut hours and laid off staff. Others have raised prices. Many say the situation isn t sustainable.
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David Turin, chef and owner of David s Restaurants, filets a fish in the kitchen at his restaurant in Monument Square on Jan. 6. Turin has not cut hours or raised prices, but said his restaurants are surviving on government grants. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographe
Many Portland businesses have raised prices or reduced staff and hours of operation in the hopes of holding on long enough to see the end of emergency declarations that triggered an $18 citywide emergency minimum wage that is now the nation’s highest.
Designing and constructing a building in the middle of a pandemic requires a flexible mind.
That’s what Dan Fishbein learned as developers worked on plans for the new building that his company, Sun Life Financial, will move into in two years.
A rendering of Sun Life Financial’s planned office building on the Portland waterfront.
Courtesy of Sun Life Financial
Ground was broken this week – an event that was attended virtually, of course – on a building that will house the growing benefits company and, its developer hopes, extend the Old Port eastward. It is one of the area’s first major commercial buildings to break ground since the pandemic struck.