“What I saw in Central Falls is we can do a lot better,” he said. McKee said he saw the issues firsthand on Wednesday when he visited Central Falls, where Mayor Maria Rivera has been drawing attention to the problem. The spike in cases has led to frustration about long lines for testing and a limited availability of appointments as demand soars. She added that mask-wearing remains essential to mitigating spread of the virus. Individuals who are close contacts of someone who tests positive only need to quarantine if they have not been boosted or if they were vaccinated more than six months ago, Alexander-Scott said. The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Rhode Island has risen to 325.Īlexander-Scott said that while initial data suggests omicron is causing less severe illness than delta, its higher transmissibility could lead to an uptick in hospitalizations “just based on the numbers alone.” She also noted the CDC’s recently updated guidance shortening the COVID-19 quarantine period for individuals who are asymptomatic from 10 days to five, followed by five days of mask-wearing.
Rhode Island continues to report new COVID-19 cases at a level never before seen during the pandemic, with over 3,000 new cases recorded in each of the last three days, according to data released by the R.I. Emergency Management Agency, as the state’s chief COVID administrator and a senior adviser in the governor’s office.
“And now we’re ramping it back up.”Īs part of that shift in strategy, McKee said he is temporarily appointing Marc Pappas, director of the R.I. Dan McKee said at a coronavirus briefing. “We were actually kind of like, ramping down this issue with the COVID prior to Thanksgiving,” Gov.
(WPRI) - Rhode Island leaders on Thursday laid out steps they are taking to address COVID-19 testing problems as daily case counts set new records, while also saying they expect most students to be back in their classrooms after Christmas vacation. Ongoing talks between National Guard, hospitals.New guidance coming for in-person K-12 school.Alexander-Scott sees ‘a difficult month’ ahead RI Convention Center to reopen for tests, shots.Goal is 48-hour test turnaround next week.Key takeaways from Thursday’s COVID briefing:
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