Senator says testing is key to reopening U.S. economy and says RI should be able to quickly access $17.5 million for testing in near-term from Senate-passed COVID 3.5 bill and will also receive tens of millions of dollars in federal testing assistance going forward PROVIDENCE, RI – After holding the line and forcing Congressional Republicans to […]readmore
VOA News The chief of the World Health Organization warned Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, even as some countries gingerly started to ease restrictions. «Trust us. The worst is yet ahead of us,» WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. «Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a virus that many people still don’t […]readmore
VOA News By Margaret Besheer NEW YORK – New York’s governor fired back Friday at criticism from President Donald Trump over whether the state had requested too much federal help to fight the coronavirus. During his daily press briefing, a reporter asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his reaction to two tweets the president sent out during the briefing, which Trump appeared to be watching. […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – In an effort to protect public safety, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Rhode Island will receive an additional $941,560 in federal emergency management funding to help combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The federal funds will help the Rhode Island Emergency Management […]readmore
Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), made several announcements today about the state’s response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Face coverings: The Governor signed an executive order clarifying the state’s directives around cloth face coverings. Beginning Saturday: All employees of customer-facing businesses, office-based businesses, manufacturers and […]readmore
Photo: Police officers check motorist on a road access point to Tandarei, eastern Romania after authorities impose a severe quarantine status on the city VOA News By Jamie Dettmer Outside wartime nothing like it as ever been seen before in modern Western history. The lockdowns by democratic states with their draconian constraints on civil liberties and […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI—Lt. Governor Dan McKee today shared news of a donation of 208,000 face masks from Rhode Island’s Chinese-American Community to the Rhode Island Department of Health and several municipalities to support local COVID-19 response efforts. Blackstone Valley businessmen Louis Yip and Sunny Ng of Tai-O Group facilitated the donation at the request of Lt. Governor […]readmore
El nuevo sitio de pruebas de manejo en Twin River ofrecerá resultados en el acto La capacidad de prueba del estado se duplicó gracias a la asociación con CVS Health PROVIDENCE, R.I.- La gobernadora Gina M. Raimondo anunció hoy que Rhode Island se ha asociado con CVS Health para poner a disposición de todos los […]readmore
VOA News BY Associated Press VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is celebrating Palm Sunday Mass without the public, since the traditional ceremony in St. Peter’s Square was scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic. Normally, tens of thousands of Romans, tourists and pilgrims, clutching olive tree branches or palm fronds would have flocked to an outdoor […]readmore
Rhode Island – The entire Rhode Island Congressional delegation heard directly from hundreds of health care workers on the frontline of the Covid-19 crisis in a Zoom Tele Town Hall sponsored by District 1199 SEIU New England. Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Jim Langevin, and Congressman David Cicilline all participated in the exchange with […]readmore