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During his Thursday COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Spencer Cox announced Utah has met the metrics of bill H.B. 294 which terminates many of the restrictions the state implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
“All of that is great news for the people of the state of Utah, Cox said. It means our case counts are down, it means that our hospitalization and ICU specifically, utilization is down. And most importantly, it means that our vaccination numbers continue to grow.”
Gov. Cox announced the state has met the metrics of bill H.B 294 earlier than expected at a weekly COVID-19 briefing. This means all restrictions due to COVID-19 have been lifted.
Cox calls for kindness after anti-mask protests
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Governor Spencer J. Cox sports an I love Dr. Dunn t-shirt during a press conference Thursday to provide updates on the ongoing pandemic during the weekly briefing on COVID-19 at the Capitol, May 6, 2021. State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn is leaving her statewide post to instead lead Salt Lake County s Health Department.
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SALT LAKE CITY â Governor Spencer Cox called for Utahns to show kindness in the face of COVID-19 restrictions being lifted and heated protests against pandemic health orders.
At his weekly news conference on the state s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor addressed ongoing protests over masks in schools. However,
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SALT LAKE CITY State leaders thanked Utah Department of Health state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn Thursday as she made her final appearance at Utah s weekly COVID-19 news conference ahead of leaving the agency this summer.
Dunn, who has become a household name in Utah during the pandemic, is leaving the state health department to become the executive director of the Salt Lake County Health Department later this summer. Her first day in her new role will be June 1.
Dunn has been a consistent presence throughout the pandemic at the state s weekly briefings, where she has explained the latest COVID-19 information under the administrations of both current Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and former Gov. Gary Herbert.
Gov. Spencer Cox sports T-shirt expressing his support for state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn during a weekly briefing on COVID-19 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 6, 2021. State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn is leaving her statewide post to lead Salt Lake County’s Health Department.
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Gov. Spencer Cox urged Utahns Thursday to treat each other better after a new state law lifted restrictions intended to slow the spread of COVID-19, but not the mask mandate for K-12 students that sparked a heated protest earlier this week.
“There is no right way to come out of a pandemic,” the governor said during his weekly briefing on the state’s efforts against COVID-19, held virtually from the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. “For those restrictions that still remain in place, again, please show kindness, please show some humanity and some grace.”
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SALT LAKE CITY State leaders thanked Utah Department of Health state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn Thursday as she made her final appearance at Utah s weekly COVID-19 news conference ahead of leaving the agency this summer.
Dunn, who has become a household name in Utah during the pandemic, is leaving the state health department to become the executive director of the Salt Lake County Health Department later this summer. Her first day in her new role will be June 1.
Dunn has been a consistent presence throughout the pandemic at the state s weekly briefings, where she has explained the latest COVID-19 information under the administrations of both current Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and former Gov. Gary Herbert.