Vaccine eligibility was widened this past week to school staff members, and Maine is relaxing travel and business restrictions ahead of the tourist season.

A newly approved vaccine from Johnson & Johnson will arrive in Maine ‘in a few short days,’ DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew says.

Mainers 60 and over will soon be able to make vaccine appointments, and a $1.9 trillion relief bill passed the U.S. House on Saturday.

Maine’s case numbers continue to fall as residents take precautions and vaccine distribution ramps up.

In another sign that conditions are improving, the seven-day positivity rate average of coronavirus tests has declined to 1.2%, the Maine CDC director says.