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#coronavirus
DMV reacts to surge of COVID-19 cases
3 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...
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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...
4 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...
4 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
4 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
4 years ago
Vaccine effort continues to focus on elderly,...
Melissa Steele
4 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 Delaware
4 years ago
The Delaware Division of Public Health announced the first case of the South African COVID variant...
Vaccinations open for educators, school personnel
4 years ago
Delaware’s COVID-19 vaccination effort expanded to educators, school staff, and child care workers...
Week 49: Johnson & Johnson vaccine rolls out
Ron MacArthur
4 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
4 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
4 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 vaccine
Melissa Steele
4 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
4 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
4 years ago
A vaccination event Saturday, Feb. 27 will provide vaccines for a bout 2,500 Delaware child care...
State moving through second doses
Melissa Steele
4 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 deaths
4 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
4 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
4 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 declining
4 years ago
Cases, hospitalizations and rate of infection are all trending downward in the latest statistics...
Indoor groups, gyms allowed to increase capacity
4 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
4 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...
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 years ago
Statewide and Sussex County COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations are trending down in early...
Registration opens for second-dose vaccines
4 years ago
Registration is open for countywide vaccination events planned Feb. 15-19, but anyone attending...
State shifts focus to second shots
Melissa Steele
4 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
4 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
4 years ago
After weeks of vaccine rollouts across the state – many with lengthy lines and hours-long waits –...
Increased occupancy allowed for restaurants, gyms,...
4 years ago
Restrictions on businesses and sports competitions are set to ease in Gov. John Carney’s latest...
Delaware pushes to vaccinate more elderly, underserved
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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...
4 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
4 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 doses
Melissa Steele
4 years ago
Delaware is focusing its vaccine efforts on first doses for eligible people, as the state's COVID-...
State of Emergency continues
4 years ago
Gov. John Carney formally extended the State of Emergency declaration Jan. 25 for another 30 days...
Sussex vaccination events attract thousands
Melissa Steele
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 years ago
After some ambiguity as to whether winter sports competitions may begin Monday, Jan. 11, a public...
Winter sports competitions uncertain
Melissa Steele
4 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
4 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...
4 years ago
In a letter to school leaders, educators and parents Jan. 5, Gov. John Carney, the Delaware...
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