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Montpellier, Vermont — Vermont Public Health officials said the state is considering becoming the second state to mandate influenza vaccination as a way to reduce the burden of the flu in a coronavirus pandemic.

Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine said Friday that he needed to keep the state’s flu incidence as low as possible to avoid what he called a “cold.” He said last year that less than 43% of children aged 5 to 12 received the flu vaccine.

“Our main focus is on increasing vaccination coverage, especially among children and teens,” Levine said. “We can and must do better.”

Levine said he has not reached a decision as to whether all students need a universal flu vaccine. Massachusetts authorities have recently moved to demand flu vaccination at school. State officials also pointed out the need to avoid overburdening the health care system with both diseases.

Levine said the decision whether to need influenza vaccination is “as always driven by data and science.”

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The Vermont Children’s and Family Division says that many of the state’s households that benefit from federal food stamps will enjoy higher benefits.

Increasing profits for a program called 3SquaresVT is part of the Federal Coronavirus Relief Bill. The increase is not permanent. COVID-19 Designed to help during a pandemic.

The number of households that already make the most profits will not increase. All others will see their benefits increase to the maximum level of the size of their household.

The family receiving the benefit does not need to do anything. Where applicable, wire transfer cards, direct deposits, or checks will add benefits in the same manner as current benefits.

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Main

A former director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Maine said it was unwise for students to engage in close sports.

The Main Principals Association voted Thursday, allowing changes to fall sports. Former Main CDC director Dora Am Mills, now Vice President of Community Health at Main Health, said it was dangerous.

“Think of a pandemic as a fire. Increased economic activity, the reopening of colleges, the reopening of kindergarten to high school, the coming of cold weather all of us indoors, and the flu season are fuel. Portland Press Herald reported.

Mills is a sister of Democratic governor Janet Mills.

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Massachusetts

The pandemic is still hitting the state of Massachusetts with at least 2,200 constituencies and permanent layoffs announced in the last two days.

Since September 13, the University of Massachusetts Amherst University is forecasting a budget deficit of $169 million since September 13, according to the Boston Globe newspaper, and has announced plans to inject 850 workers indefinitely and indefinitely. ing. The newspaper reports that it affects 12% of campus employees.

Other major farmlands are planned at Cape Cod Healthcare and MGM Springfield.

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New Hampshire

Republican Governor Chris Senunu issued the eighth extension of the New Hampshire “emergency” order on Friday. The order says part of the reason for the expansion is that the state near New Hampshire had a serious outbreak of the virus.

The order says Massachusetts reported 116,770 confirmed positive cases and 8,729 deaths. Rhode Island has reported 21,372 positive cases and 1,039 deaths. 52,040 positive cases and 4,463 deaths have been reported in Connecticut

In New Hampshire, 7,150 cases and 429 deaths have been reported. Elsewhere in New England, Vermont had 1,589 cases and 58 deaths, and Maine had 4,032 cases and 132 deaths.

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Rhode Island

The state health commission has approved price increases for several state health insurance plans.

According to the Providence Journal, State Health Insurance Commissioner Marie Ganim has approved an increase in premiums charged to consumers through the Blue Cross Blue Shield in Rhode Island and the Neighborhood Health Plan in Rhode Island. This increase was less than that required by the insurance industry.

“We know that the Rhode Islanders are facing more and more difficulties with the spread of COVID-19. Our office makes it easier and more affordable to provide access to the medical services we need. Is working hard,” Ganim said in a statement.