Relaxing restrictions on continuing care visits
High rates of vaccination among residents and staff at continuing care facilities means families will soon be able to more easily visit their loved ones.
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Starting May 10, updated public health measures will come into effect for continuing care facilities in Alberta. These protocols will increase the number of designated family/support persons for each resident, expand the number of people who can attend outdoor social visits and allow limited indoor social gatherings.
Active cases in long-term care have declined from the peak of 831 on Dec. 27 to 44 as of April 24. Hospitalizations have decreased by 93 per cent and fatalities due to COVID-19 have declined by 94 per cent.
Senate passes legislation to expand school choice options for Florida families
HB 7045 expands eligibility, maximizes parental choice in K-12 scholarship programs
Source: MGN Online
and last updated 2021-04-26 13:14:41-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Florida Senate passed House Bill 7045, School Choice, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Manny Diaz, Jr. (R-Hialeah) Monday.
The legislation maximizes parental choice by expanding eligibility and streamlining key school choice scholarship programs for students with unique abilities and students from lower-income families.
âIâm pleased to see the Senate stand with Florida parents who overwhelmingly support expanding eligibility for these popular school choice programs. We know that parents are their childrenâs first and best educators, a fact that has certainly been highlighted over the last year,â said Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Trilby) in a released statement. âWe want school choice to be a
Joaquin Castro Begs Joe Biden to Expand Catch and Release of Border Crossers
Joaquin Castro Begs Joe Biden to Expand Catch and Release of Border Crossers
One of the only remaining border controls President Joe Bidens administration has left in place, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Title 42 order, should be done away with by the end of the year, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) says.
In early 2020, former President Trump invoked the CDCs Title 42 authority that gives federal immigration officials the ability to quickly detain and return border crossers to their native countries.
Title 42 has proven incredibly effective in keeping a lid on illegal immigration to the U.S., a group of House Republicans has said, as the policy is one of the only Trump-era orders Biden has kept in place. The new administration ended policies like the Remain in Mexico program and cooperative asylum agreements with Central America during Bidens first few weeks in of