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NEW CASE REVEALED AT MAUMS; SCHOOL TO REMAIN OPEN
The Southwest Vermont Advisory Union announced Friday that a member of the learning community at Mt. Anthony Union Middle School tested positive for COVID-19. After meeting with the Vermont Department of Health, administrators agreed to keep the school building will remain open for in-person learning.
Those affected have been contacted, and the affected areas have been thoroughly cleaned, according to a statement from Superintendent James Culkeen.
THE DAILY NUMBERS
The Department of Health reported 89 new cases of COVID-19 in Vermont on Friday. The stateâs cumulative total since the start of the pandemic is now 22,416.
Vermont prepares to resume use of J&J vaccine
LISA RATHKE, Associated Press
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Vermont is preparing to resume the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 next week if the federal government gives the green light, Gov. Phil Scott said Friday.
A federal government advisory panel is deliberating a possible link between J&J’s shot and a small number of vaccine recipients who developed highly unusual blood clots. New guidance is expected late Friday.
“Depending on the outcomes of the advisory committee, we could begin vaccinating as early as Tuesday in the Northeast Kingdom,” said Deputy Human Services Secretary Jenney Samuelson during the governor s twice-weekly virus briefing. If the federal government issues a recommendation Friday evening, the state will likely have more information to share on its plans as early as Saturday morning, she said.
The federal government is expected to reverse its decision to shut down Vermont s EB-5 foreign investor program, giving hope to hundreds of investors in the fraudulent Jay Peak project that they will still be able to get the green cards they sought in return for pouring money into the ski resort.
The EB-5 program gives foreign nationals a pathway to citizenship in return for investing $500,000 in development projects in economically disadvantaged regions of the country like the Northeast Kingdom, where Jay Peak is located.
One of the biggest frauds in the history of the EB-5 program was carried out at Jay Peak by Ariel Quiros and his partner Bill Stenger. Quiros pled guilty to several federal criminal charges, admitted that he used EB-5 funds to pay personal expenses, and that he misled investors in a Ponzi-like scheme. In April 2016, a federal court appointed a receiver, Michael Goldberg, to manage Jay Peak. Goldberg plans to sell the resort to recoup a portion of investors money
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