How many doses of the Pfizer vaccine will Maine get and when? The Maine CDC expects to receive 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as soon as next week, and it will use them to vaccinate front-line health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. Maine has an estimated 75,000 health care workers with […]
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Bishop urges Maine Catholics to receive COVID vaccine, allaying concerns about use of fetal tissue
Some Catholics have questioned whether they should be vaccinated if tissue from aborted fetuses was used to develop or test the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Lewiston police COVID-19 cases up to 16
Fifteen officers and one staffer have tested positive.
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Mainers urged to stay vigilant as vaccines arrive, and for a long time afterward
People who are injected with the vaccines still may be able to harbor and spread the disease, one reason face masks could be part of American life well into 2021, and maybe beyond.
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Hospitals plead with Mainers to wear masks, take precautions
“We have your back. Please have ours,” Central Maine Healthcare, MaineGeneral Health and Northern Light Health leaders wrote in a joint letter released Wednesday.
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Facing pressure, state lab to stop processing COVID-19 tests for hospitals
Six hospitals rely on the Maine CDC lab almost exclusively, while others do so in times of surging demand.
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Pfizer says it can’t supply more vaccine to U.S. until summer because of sales to other nations
The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed declined last summer to lock in another 100 million vaccine doses.
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Maine to receive first allotment of vaccines in series of shipments
The first round of shipments, totaling 72,925 doses destined for front-line health care workers and long-term care residents, will include both Pfizer and Moderna products, the Maine CDC says.
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COVID-19 patient numbers return to peak at Maine Med, surge at other hospitals
Statewide hospitalizations hit an all-time high of 144 Thursday, though only 43 were in intensive care, a healthier ratio than at other times in the past two weeks.
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Maine hospitals preparing for rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
Hospital systems across the state are lining up ultra-cold freezers and preparing to vaccinate staff and other community members within weeks, but some Mainers may not be vaccinated until later next year.