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COVID rate takes a big jump, state says

MONTPELIER- Administration officials at Tuesday’s press briefing said COVID-19 cases increased by about 42% over the past week, with an elevated number of cases in Bennington County. Current COVID modeling doesn’t anticipate that cases will fall over the next four weeks.
Gov. Phil Scott...

Governor warns about COVID complacency

Quebec, Maine seeing spikes in virus cases MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott and others in his administration warned Vermonters against complacency, as the state’s lowest-in-the nation COVID-19 positivity rate dipped even lower.
Gov. Scott urged Vermonters to continue...

Gov. Scott allows limited elective medical procedures

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott, at his press conference on Monday, announced that Vermont's health care system can resume some outpatient elective medical procedures and health care services.
Gov. Scott suspended all nonessential elective medical procedures, including dental procedures, in an...

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