Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo urges residents to restrict their social interactions and wear masks anytime they are around people outside of their household to curb this second wave of the virus.
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The vaccine Rhode Island residents don’t have to wait to get
R.I. health officials are urging residents to get their flu shots to head off more hospitalizations and deaths and limit strain on the state’s health care system during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Senate Dems urge White House to reinstate pandemic unit
Senate Democrats are urging the Trump administration to reinstate the White House pandemic unit as a separate office. They say dissolving the office in 2018 slowed the U.S. response to the coronavirus. Six senators have sent a letter to President Donald Trump saying the outbreak has highlighted the importance of having a central office at the White House to set policy and coordinate the government’s response to global health crises. The White House says the pandemic office wasn’t dismantled, but was absorbed into another division where similar responsibilities still exist.
