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DMV reacts to surge of COVID-19 cases

4 years ago

Most chairs at the Georgetown Department of Motor Vehicles are off limits to minimize customer…

Registration open for people 50 and older who want…

5 years ago

Registration expanded March 23 to anyone 50 and older who wants to be vaccinated against COVID-19…

Vaccination venues expand as more receive shots

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Vaccination waitlists are opening up to more people, and more venues are offering shots as Delaware…

Positive COVID-19 cases flatten over the past week

5 years ago

The seven-day average of new positive cases increased slightly to 205.1, and the percentage of…

State of emergency extended for another month

5 years ago

Gov. John Carney extended his state of emergency order March 19 for the 13th time since the…

May Day to turn into vaccination-for-all day in...

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

May Day will be more than International Workers’ Day this year as state officials aim to open…

Spring sports: Let the games begin

5 years ago

Sports, with their elements of competition, fairness and teamwork, play an outsized and positive…

State puts out call for people 65 and older to get…

5 years ago

More than 2,500 appointments are available for a weekend vaccination event in Dover for seniors who…

Vaccines open to 50 and older, and younger with…

5 years ago

Delaware will allow residents 50 and older, and those younger with health conditions to receive…

Beebe email: More eligible for vaccine

Melissa Steele and Nick Roth

5 years ago

An email sent March 14 to people on Beebe Healthcare's vaccine waiting list expanded eligibility to…

Scenes from a year under COVID-19

5 years ago

Vaccine effort continues to focus on elderly...

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

The state is vaccinating more people per day than ever, has more vaccines stockpiled and continues…

First South African COVID variant reported in…

5 years ago

The Delaware Division of Public Health announced the first case of the South African COVID variant…

Vaccinations open for educators, school personnel

5 years ago

Delaware’s COVID-19 vaccination effort expanded to educators, school staff, and child care…

Week 49: Johnson & Johnson vaccine rolls out

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

The state is getting 8,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine. About 5,000 of the…

What a difference a year makes

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

No sawdust-covered floors, no cigar-scented air, no free-flowing beer and no foot-stomping music.…

Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrives

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Delaware has received its first 8,000-dose allotment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and has…

Update

Delaware awaits Johnson & Johnson one-shot…

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Delaware is expected to receive 8,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following its…

Week 47: Phase 1B second doses ramp up

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

On Feb. 19, Gov. John Carney signed the seventh modification to the state of emergency, increasing…

Vaccines offered to child care providers in Dover

5 years ago

A vaccination event Saturday, Feb. 27 will provide vaccines for about 2,500 Delaware child care…

State moving through second doses

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Mass vaccination events in Dover have helped whittle down the number of people waiting for a second…

Flags fly at half-staff for half million COVID…

5 years ago

Delaware flags will be flown at half-staff until Feb. 26 following orders by President Joe Biden…

Dover Speedway hosts COVID-19 drive-through clinic

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

State and federal officials are geared up to administer nearly 19,000 second doses of COVID-19…

Second shots open for all by appointment only

5 years ago

Anyone who got a COVID-19 shot before Jan. 22 and still needs a second shot can make an appointment…

Cases, hospitalizations, rate of COVID-19 all…

5 years ago

Cases, hospitalizations and rate of infection are all trending downward in the latest statistics…

Indoor groups, gyms allowed to increase capacity

5 years ago

Indoor gatherings and gyms are allowed to increase capacity a bit following an order signed by Gov…

Week 46: Second-dose initiative continues

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

In order to accommodate more residents who need second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, a drive-thru…

DOC improves ventilation as number of COVID-19 cases…

5 years ago

The Delaware Department of Correction is improving ventilation at its facilities and vaccinating…

Update

State partners with FEMA for upcoming vaccine events…

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Delaware has partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offer a six-day vaccination…

Second-dose vaccination events already full

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Vaccination events planned this week are already fully booked, and the state says those who were…

Week 44: A downward trend in Sussex County

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

Statewide and Sussex County COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations are trending down in early…

Registration opens for second-dose vaccines

5 years ago

Registration is open for countywide vaccination events planned Feb. 15-19, but anyone attending…

State shifts focus to second shots

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Delaware is shifting its focus this week to administering second shots to 3,800 people who received…

Week 43: Outreach needed to vaccinate minorities

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

At his weekly press briefing Feb. 2, Gov. John Carney said state health officials are geared up to…

Delaware ready for more vaccines

Melissa Steele and Nick Roth

5 years ago

After weeks of vaccine rollouts across the state – many with lengthy lines and hours-long waits –…

Increased occupancy allowed for restaurants, gyms…

5 years ago

Restrictions on businesses and sports competitions are set to ease in Gov. John Carney’s latest…

Delaware pushes to vaccinate more elderly,…

5 years ago

Delaware’s vaccination effort will focus on reaching more elderly and underserved, minority…

Bill extends outdoor seating, to-go drinks for...

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

A bill to continue outdoor seating and alcoholic drinks to-go at restaurants and bars for another…

COVID test sites set up this week

5 years ago

COVID-19 community testing sites will be held throughout Delaware this week, including pop-up and…

COVID hospitalizations drop by 100 over past week

5 years ago

The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 dropped by 100 over the past week as the number of…

Three cases of UK COVID-19 variant confirmed in...

5 years ago

The first three cases of United Kingdom COVID-19 were confirmed in Delaware by the Division of…

Week 42: Ups and downs of vaccine roll out

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

The first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Sussex County Jan. 23 and 24 at the Georgetown…

Vaccination effort moves to delivering more first…

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Delaware is focusing its vaccine efforts on first doses for eligible people, as the state's COVID-…

State of Emergency continues

5 years ago

Gov. John Carney formally extended the State of Emergency declaration Jan. 25 for another…

Sussex vaccination events attract thousands

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Long lines and wait times again greeted residents at mass vaccinations sites across the state for…

Vaccinations expanded, available by appointment only…

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

As Delaware prepares to extend vaccinations to more people, questions remain on how the shots given…

Week 41: Mass vaccination clinics begin

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

Starting Jan. 20, the state has moved to Phase 1B in its COVID-19 vaccination plan, with a focus on…

Delaware to open Phase 1B vaccinations this week

5 years ago

Gov. John Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health announced Jan. 19 that the state will…

Long lines at Dover vaccination site

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

A mass vaccination site in Dover over the weekend gave shots to everyone who showed up, even those…

COVID deaths pass 1,000 mark

5 years ago

The number of Delawareans who have died from COVID-19 surpassed the 1,000 mark last week as…

Week 40: Curfew lifted on restaurants and bars

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

Gov. John Carney has lifted the 10 p.m. curfew placed on restaurants and bars. Health officials…

First pediatric COVID-19 death reported in Delaware…

5 years ago

The Delaware Division of Public Health on Jan. 8 reported the first death of a child from COVID-19…

Carney calls for hybrid learning at all schools

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Bringing students back to school, albeit part time in school and the rest remotely, is the state's…

Bar, restaurant curfew lifted in latest order

5 years ago

A curfew has been lifted on bars and restaurants in the latest update to Gov. John Carney’s…

Beebe COVID hospitalizations nearing spring peak

Nick Roth

5 years ago

Beebe Healthcare President and CEO Dr. David Tam says the number of patients hospitalized in the…

Week 39: Schools urged to return to hybrid learning…

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

Gov. Carney is urging schools not already back on a hybrid schedule following the holiday break to…

Division of Public Health says game on

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

After some ambiguity as to whether winter sports competitions may begin Monday, Jan. 11, a public…

Winter sports competitions uncertain

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Winter high school sports may already have competitions scheduled after Jan. 11, but whether they…

State Legislature to continue meeting virtually

Melissa Steele

5 years ago

Delaware's General Assembly will pick up from the end of its last session and continue to meet…

Governor urges schools to return to hybrid learning…

5 years ago

In a letter to school leaders, educators and parents Jan. 5, Gov. John Carney, the Delaware…