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Your Coronavirus Update – Today, June 12, 2021
Photo: Central High School graduation
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
Of those hospitalized in RI with COVID symptoms, 82 had been fully vaccinated, 274 had been partially vaccinated and 2,198 had not been vaccinated.
A new small-business support center at 222 Manton Ave. opened on Thursday. The center, a collaboration between ONE Neighborhood Builders and Social Enterprise Greenhouse, will provide small-business owners access to resources to grow and launch their business.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded the Rhode Island Department of Health nearly $20 million “to address COVID-19 related health disparities” – it will go to programs in Providence, Central Falls, Pawtucket and Woonsocket.
1 in 7 childcare workers have not returned to work.
July 4th parade in Bristol is planned to go off almost as it has in the past.
The RI DMV will not return to walk-in service – they will keep appointment making in place.
The Big Blue Bug will keep his mask on for awhile as removal will be part of general repairs to be made to the iconic “landmark”.
Misquamicut Beach on Sat., June 12th, 11am to noon – there will be a vaccination clinic.
The R.I. Department of Health has a working group that is looking at incentives to persuade people to get vaccinated.
Federal Hill outdoors program – Al Fresco, 5-10pm on participating restaurants – you can stroll with your alcoholic beverage. Must use their cup – other details.
The monthly rent for 100 Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston is $302,105 to be kept up as an overflow hospital, vaccination and testing site.
New Hampshire’s state of emergency ended yesterday.
Reports of a growing number of stay-cations should benefit RI economy.
White House senior adviser for coronavirus response Andy Slavitt has left his temporary role as the pandemic eases in the U.S.
Newport Gulls baseball returns to Cardines Field
A Superior Court judge is allowing Club Desire to proceed with a lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for financial losses during the COVID pandemic due to government shutdown orders.
RI Housing tells 12 News that the program has helped more than 50 families since it launched earlier this year.
CCRI & RIC moving to mandated vaccines in fall – 90% survey at RIC shows staff and student support – students who won’t or can’t be vaccinated would be moved to remote learning.
Salve Regina to require proof of COVID vaccination before students, employees return in fall
RIPTA buses are running at full capacity; masks are required
Massachusetts health officials have observed approximately 150 cases of the Delta variant, first identified in India, in the state to date.
Bryant is the only college/university not announcing plans for mandatory vaccinations
PVD Food Truck events at parks has been suspended through July
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has restored the Sunday Mass Obligation in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence effective this Sunday, June 6, Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Six Flags New England is holding a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic in 10 days. Participants will receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine and two free tickets to the Massachusetts amusement park.
A dozen malls across Massachusetts and New Hampshire are hosting job fairs on Wednesday and Thursday as more than 100 businesses try to fill vacant positions.
The Boston Pops will move its July 4 concert from the Esplanade to Tanglewood due to COVID-19 safety concerns. Fireworks finale at the Boston Commons will have no video jumbotron or concert.
Boston Pops concert on Nantucket will not occur this summer.
The Vax Express, in MA, run by CIC Health, will take over an MBTA Commuter Rail train creating a rolling vaccination site that will make stops at stations in disproportionately impacted communities with low vaccination rates.
The U.S. will buy 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to share through the global COVAX alliance for donation to 92 lower income countries and the African Union.
A study assessed socioeconomic characteristics of COVID patients who received care at facilities affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. People living in zip codes with median household income less than $70,000 were nearly three times more likely to get COVID than those in zip codes with median household income greater than $100,000. Zip codes with more unemployment and a greater proportion of people working in the service sector were also associated with significantly higher COVID incidence. Read the study.
New vaccination data by city for Rhode Island – Gov. McKee has set a goal of 90% of the population:
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONALLY
California requires workplace masks through October
CDC is urging that adolescents be vaccinated.
New ED admissions are in the 40-55 year old category – most of them have not been vaccinated.
Mainstream news is now covering Dr. Fauci fallout about emails and China connections.
U.S. adds modest 559,000 jobs, a sign of more hiring struggles
Among 1,000 U.S. consumers surveyed in April, 67 percent said they plan to continue to spend more time consuming entertainment than they did before the Covid-19 pandemic
Some providers have sued UnitedHealthcare for failing to pay for COVID-19 tests – now United is reimbursing patients for any funds spent.
In Washington State, you will receive a marijuana joint for getting a COVID19 vaccine jab
South Dakota, Florida, Rhode Island, Nebraska and Idaho are all thriving, operating at or above where their economies were in early March 2020 before the pandemic forced businesses to shutter and workers and students to stay home.
Fauci says U.S. must vaccinate more people before Delta becomes dominant Covid variant in America. The Delta variant accounts for 60% of new cases in the U.K.
First payments of the advanced child tax credit will begin on July 15
Seattle is claiming to be the first city with 70% of its population vaccinated.
Emergency department visits have decreased significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as patients have stayed home or sought other healthcare options to avoid the risk of infection.
Both the United States and China have pledged large donations of COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world.
Bitcoin conference attendees had an outbreak of COVID-19 even though many, if not all, were vaccinated.
178 hospital workers suspended for not complying with coronavirus vaccination policy in a Houston, TX based hospital group.
Delta virus variant said to have 60% increased communicability – this is the variant most commonly found in the UK now.
CDC says masks not required outdoors at airports, train stations for fully vaccinated people
Moderna files for US authorization for vaccines in teenagers.
Many have responded to higher risks for COVID-19 complications in the obese by losing weight – helped by lack of commuting to jobs, more spare time, less eating out, etc.
On the first cruise ship to sail – The Millenium – two passengers tested positive as they exited their cruise. The great majority of the passengers had been vaccinated.
More people have already died from COVID this year than in all of 2020, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
The FDA has decided to extend the Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s shelf life by six weeks.
Portugal will allow vaccinated U.S. tourists into the country, which is trying to salvage its summer holiday season that has been badly affected by the pandemic.
Chinese researchers say new batch of coronaviruses found in bats
Mortgage forebearances for most are scheduled to end in September. https://www.fanniemae.com/here-help-homeowners