The Vermont Health Department Tuesday reported 106 new positive tests for Covid 19, with 7 in Windham county.. In New Hampshire, there was one death and 290 new cases of the covid virus, including 9 in Cheshire county. Massachusetts reported 16 deaths and 1,290 new Covid 19 cases, with one new positive test in Franklin County.
Brattleboro and other Vermont communities that want to reimpose a mandatory indoor masking ordinance won’t get support from Vermont Governor Phil Scott. The Governor says he plans to stay the course with the current state guidance, and he has no current plans for any covid related restrictions. Scott is basing his decision on current hospitalization rates and other state data. A week ago, Brattleboro select board members voted four to one in favor of a new mask ordinance, if given permission by the state. The board also passed a resolution strongly urging masking and getting vaccinated.
Vermont Legislative leaders are asking the Governor to take stronger actions to stop the spread of Covid 19. Senate President Becca Balint of Brattleboro says many parents remain anxious about sending their unvaccinated children back to school. According to the Democrat ,“It is unclear and confusing to thousands of parents across Vermont why students, faculty, and staff are not being required to wear masks in schools at a time when we have community spread of the virus and our youngest children don’t have the protection that adults have available to them.
Governor Phil Scott announced a series of walk-in vaccination clinics that will be open at schools and other sites across Vermont this week for anyone age 12 or older. You can just walk-in or visit www.healthvermont.gov/MyVaccine to make an appointment. Clinics are taking place today at Brattleboro Union High School and the Putney Fire Department, plus Friday and Saturday at the Bondville Fair.
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen is encouraged that tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from Afghanistan, but many more remain in peril and are top targets for the Taliban’s violence. Time is running out and bureaucracy is no excuse for lives lost. That’s why extending the withdrawal deadline past August 31st is essential to ensure the safety of American citizens and all our Afghan allies who spent years helping our troops. Shaheen, a senior member of the senate armed services committee says the U.S. must work closely with NATO and our international partners to put as many people on planes now.”
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