Burlington Mayor Weinberger called for stronger sanctions against students who flout testing guidance and daily updates on testing results.
As UVM move-in looms, testing plan does little to quell Burlington’s concerns
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85 Vermont inmates in Mississippi prison test positive for Covid-19
Mass testing of the 219 Vermont prisoners held in the out-of-state facility took place late last week.
VT Air National Guard to train in Wisconsin despite rising Covid-19 cases
At a press conference Friday, Col. David Shevchik, the commander of the 158 Fighter Wing, announced 250 Vermont airmen would be traveling in early August to Wisconsin to train, and taking various measures to address Covid-19 risks.
Vermont’s Covid rate remains low despite small uptick in Northeast
Scott increased capacity inside retail stores from 25% to 50%, as the statewide mask mandate is set to begin.
Vermont reports first Covid-19 death in 43 days
The most recent death brings the total number of people who have died in Vermont with the illness since the beginning of the outbreak to 57.
Phil Scott: We owe it to our kids
Just like we’ve turned the spigot in our economic restart, it makes sense for some schools to start with a cautious hybrid approach.
Scott mandates masks in public starting Aug. 1
The governor had long resisted calls for a mandate, saying that education is the best way to get people to wear masks when in public.
The Bright Side: Exploring environmental attitudes and Covid compliance
A UVM researcher is studying whether people who are invested in the environment are the ones most likely to be wearing masks and social distancing.
David Goodman: A Q&A with epidemiologist Dr. Steven Goodman
I did not expect that basic public health measures and looking at numbers would become political. I did not expect that wearing a mask would be political.
Covid-19 creates roadblocks to sentencing in Montpelier murder case
Providing for social distancing in the courtroom and the quarantining of key out-of-state witnesses is causing delays in the first murder case in 100 years in the capital city.
The Bright Side: Twins take classical music series from libraries to a livestream
When Nathan and Henry Wu had to cancel their planned performances at libraries around Vermont, they took their music online.
The Next Wave: VTDigger’s series on the future of Covid
In our Next Wave series, VTDigger examines the range of possibilities for the coming months of the pandemic in Vermont.
The Deeper Dig: The next phase of the pandemic in Vermont
The recent national surge in Covid-19 cases, while “anxiety-provoking,” offers only limited data for Vermont, says one public health expert.
Covid-19 Roundup: 16 new cases; The economic impact; Camp issued warning
A digest of VTDigger’s coronavirus coverage from across the state.