“You have to look at the whole picture,” Health Commissioner Norm Oliver said after the briefing. “The fact that our hospitals are in a situation where they could handle a surge means a lot. That we have enough PPE right now means a lot, too.”
Category: Virginia
CDC team headed to Va. to help combat COVID spread in poultry plants
A bicyclist recently joined a demonstration of about 50 vehicles in Harrisonburg to call for…
Survey: 34 million jobs have been lost since mid-March
About 10 million jobs have been lost in the United States since early April —…
Northam outlines plans to reopen Va., warns residents will continue to see some restrictions
By Kate Masters VM – Reopening Virginia will depend upon a series of metrics to…
Some lawmakers view minimum wage delay as lesser of two evils
Lawmakers in both chambers sat at tables six feet apart to comply with social distancing…
Meet the welder helping decontaminate N95 masks
Artist Keith M. Ramsey was quick to say yes when Ace Callwood of VCU Ventures asked him to use his welding expertise to build frames that would be used in a pilot program to decontaminate N95 masks, which are essential
to health care workers.
Advocates disappointed by proposed delay in minimum wage implementation
Workers and advocates who urged Gov. Ralph Northam to sign a bill that would have raised the minimum wage at the start of next year were disappointed when instead a delay was proposed until May 2021. Democrats in the General Assembly passed HB395 and SB7 to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2023, beginning with a raise to $9.50 on Jan. 1, 2021. Northam caved to pressure from wealthy corporate lobbyists and amended HB395 to delay the first minimum wage increase for 5 months, until May 1, 2021, noted advocates from Progress Virginia.
Riverside Health begins UV disinfection reprocessing of N95 PPE
In an effort to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers amid the nationwide…
Northam targets coronavirus spread in nursing homes, prisons
With nursing homes and long-term care facilities struggling to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,…
COVID-19: What are the risks for Va. sailors?
By Robin Bravender <https://www.virginiamercury.com/author/robin-bravender/> WASHINGTON (VM) — The COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt…
