Rhode Island’s efforts to crack down on out of state visitors pale in comparison to what’s happening on Block Island. The small community off the southern coast of the state is enforcing a new ordinance that’s trying to keep almost everybody who is not a permanent resident off the island.
COVID-19
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Questions About The Coronavirus? Here’s What We Know.
Coronavirus cases are rising, and the response is changing the way we live our lives in Rhode Island and beyond. Questions about the virus? Here’s what we know:
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What’s An Essential Retail Business?
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has ordered all non-essential retail businesses closed, beginning March 30. Here’s a list of essential businesses, as outlined in her executive order.
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RI Reports First Two Deaths From The Coronavirus; Governor Issues Stay-At-Home Order
Governor Gina Raimondo bans gatherings of more than five people and issues a stay-at-home order in an effort to contain the coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of two residents.
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A Rhode Island Doctor In Quarantine Tends To Her Patients
A primary care doctor is among the roughly 2,500 people in Rhode Island who have been instructed to self-quarantine because of exposure to the coronavirus.
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Welcome To Rhode Island, Now Go Quarantine
Under usual circumstances, New Yorkers are welcome in Rhode Island. A lot of them own homes here, and more people means more business. But with the New York City region now a coronavirus epicenter, all those orange and Navy blue license plates are becoming reason for alarm.
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Superintendent: No New Cases Reported At Westerly School
The superintendent of public schools in Westerly said state health officials have not notified him of any new cases at the elementary school where a student tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month.
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It’s “A Critical Time” For RI Food Pantries
People losing their jobs today because of the COVID-19 crisis could be people in need of food assistance tomorrow. And that has food pantries in Rhode Island bracing for a wave of new clients.
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Rhode Island Braces For Surge In COVID-19 Patients
Rhode Island is bracing for a potentially severe shortage of hospital beds, ventilators and staff to care for critically ill patients.
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Westerly Hospital Doctor Tests Positive For COVID-19
Westerly Hospital says “a physician associated” with the hospital has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now being monitored at home.
