Hospitalizations for the coronavirus have more than doubled in Rhode Island during the past month, and hospital ERs are straining to find room for patients waiting for hospital beds.
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Rhode Island doctor says hospitals feel like ‘refugee camps and battlefields’ during the pandemic
Dr. Laura V. Foreman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent Hospital, in Warwick, R.I., spoke about her experience during the pandemics during Gov. Gina Raimondo’s news briefing Thursday.
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RI Gov. Gina Raimondo issues stay-at-home advisory, curfews on bars and restaurants as coronavirus cases hit new record
Raimondo said the new “targeted” interventions are modeled on similar measures in Massachusetts and Connecticut and designed to avoid a broad lockdown like the one last spring that shuttered businesses and cost residents their jobs.
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Raimondo restricts social gatherings to 10 people, in effort to curb the rise in coronavirus cases
Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo said she is preparing to announce more restrictions next week, including limits on visiting nursing homes and hospitals and rules for religious gatherings.
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RI facing a second wave of the coronavirus
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo urges residents to restrict their social interactions and wear masks anytime they are around people outside of their household to curb this second wave of the virus.
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As R.I. faces a surge in coronavirus cases, public health officials consider new restrictions
Rhode Island’s high population density and its aggressive testing help explain the recent surge in coronavirus cases
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Gov. Raimondo issues a ‘wake up call’ to Rhode Islanders, saying the coronavirus is on the rise again
Rhode Island is experiencing a resurgence of the coronavirus, and Gov. Gina Raimondo said she plans to announce new restrictions to curb the spread.
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Workers at Providence nursing home return to their jobs after three-day strike.
The union representing about 100 nursing assistants, maintenance workers and other staff at Bannister Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Providence began a three-day strike on Friday over demands for mandatory minimum staffing levels and pay increases.
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Masking up for Halloween: Rhode Island’s rules for trick-or-treating this year
Trick-or-treaters should travel in small groups, with people they know. And Halloween masks do not count as protection from the virus. Anyone trick-or-treating also must wear a surgical mask or a cloth face covering. And no Halloween parties.
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The vaccine Rhode Island residents don’t have to wait to get
R.I. health officials are urging residents to get their flu shots to head off more hospitalizations and deaths and limit strain on the state’s health care system during the coronavirus pandemic.
