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SALT LAKE CITY Utah has reached the COVID-19 pandemic endgame.
The state crossed the threshold in the three metrics outlined in Utah HB294, also known as the pandemic endgame bill, Tuesday afternoon, according to health officials. That means that most state and local health orders will end Tuesday.
The bill required restrictions to be lifted once the state reached three benchmarks:
A two-week coronavirus case rate of less than 191 per 100,000 people
Less than 15% of intensive care unit beds be occupied by COVID-19 patients over a seven-day average
1,633,000 prime doses of the COVID-19 vaccine be allocated to the state
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SALT LAKE CITY Isolation and loneliness plagued Utah s seniors well before the age of COVID-19, but one organization is helping to create meaningful relationships for seniors who are homebound or suffer from any form of isolation.
Nancy Shelley s days are filled with silence, with only her memories to keep her company. Ty Detmer and his Heisman, I was security for that, Shelley said.
And even those are fading. Shelley was diagnosed with vascular dementia and early-onset Alzheimer s. I had to give up my ability to drive because I knew it wasn t safe, and so it confined me to four walls, Shelley said. And nobody comes in and out and there s not a lot of calls.
Deseret News
Mom just couldn’t resist buying presents for 4-year-old who died of brain cancer in April
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Aubrey Shafer, Deseret News
LEHI A grieving family preparing for the first Christmas without their 4-year-old daughter found some joy in the season by giving to others.
But the idea to donate enough presents to fill three cars didn’t materialize until Lindsey Preston with Santa’s help began Christmas shopping for Preston’s 8- and 10-year-old daughters this year.
“They were definitely on the nice list,” Preston said of Sloan and Lydia, with a laugh.
However, while shopping, Preston realized there was something missing daughter Harper’s list.