Coronavirus Economic Weekly News 18April 2021
News posted last week about economic effects related to the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some articles are summarized here. We cover the latest economic data, especially the new coronavirus relief bill and stimulus checks, government funding, the latest employment data, housing market reports, mortgage delinquencies & forbearance, layoffs, lockdowns, and schools, as well as GDP. The bulk of the news is from the U.S., with a few more articles from overseas at the end. (Picture below is morning rush hour in downtown Chicago, 20 March 2020.) News items about epidemiology and other medical news for the virus are reported in a companion article.
The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.
Until recently, the state s weekly outbreak reports had been fairly stable, even though the number of new outbreaks had plateaued at a level higher than health officials liked, at 75 on March 24.
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Meeting to be held virtually online Monday Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
Mitchell Technical College.
The Mitchell Board of Education will consider purchasing equipment for the Mitchell Technical College fitness center and set school administrator compensation Monday.
The agenda items will be addressed at the Monday, April 12 meeting of the board, which is scheduled to be held virtually. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
The board will consider compensation for 14 members of the administrative staff for the 2021-22 school year. Compensation figures for those staffers include:
Cory Aadland, activities director, $87,711
Sherri Becker, curriculum director (0.7 FTE), $59,685
Leann Carmody, food services director, $69,407
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