PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With COVID-19 case numbers plummeting, Emily Safrin did something she hadn’t done since the pandemic began two years ago: She put her fears aside and went to a concert. The fully vaccinated and boosted restaurant server planned to keep her mask on, but as the ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s health department on Friday updated guidance for how people should quarantine if exposed to COVID-19, shifting its emphasis to focus more on household contacts and less on those exposed in other settings. Director Elizabeth Hertel also rescinded a 17-month-old order requiring schools to report infections to the school community once notified by local health officials. They still must report cases and outbreaks to county health departments, and the state continues to recommend that schools notify students and staff of potential exposures. The ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump rolled out the Paycheck Protection Program to catapult the U.S. economy into a quick recovery from the coronavirus pandemic by helping small businesses stay open and their employees working. President Joe Biden tweaked it to try to direct more of the ...
Qualifying Upper Peninsula businesses with financial hardship from COVID-19 are encouraged to apply for Michigan’s new Afflicted Business Relief grant program. A total of $409 million is available from the American Rescue Plan Act. The nine eligible business categories include entertainment venues, recreational facilities and public places of amusement, barbers and cosmetologists, exercise facilities, food establishments, nursery dealers and growers, athletic trainers, body art facilities, and hotels and bed and breakfast establishments. Small “brick and mortar” businesses in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation for one more month — through mid-April — while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule. The mask mandate was scheduled to expire March 18, but the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday that it will extend the requirement through April 18. TSA said the extra month will give the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention time to develop new, more targeted policies that will consider the number of cases of COVID-19 nationally and in local ...
State data Wednesday indicates the pace of area COVID-19 activity has slowed to a crawl, with only two new confirmed positives in Dickinson County and none in Iron County since Monday. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday added 39 more confirmed ...
