NORWICH Norwich police have launched a two-state search for a dog named “Ruby” which allegedly attacked and killed a resident’s chickens as a result of being off-leash at the town’s Huntley Meadow, which has athletic fields but also has become a.
COVID-19: NH health official says state is preparing for infectious variants
Modified: 2/3/2021 10:08:58 PM
HANOVER As potentially more infectious variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 arrive in the U.S. from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, public health officials are preparing for them, New Hampshire’s state epidemiologist said.
“The variants are going to be the next big challenge in our response,” Dr. Benjamin Chan said in a virtual community conversation with Dartmouth College Provost Joseph Helble on Wednesday.
If the variants are more infectious, Chan said that they could make it more difficult for health officials to prevent the virus’s spread. Laboratories in New Hampshire and elsewhere in the U.S. are working to step up their abilities to perform genetic sequencing on test samples in order to determine if and when these variants are present, he said.