Starting Tuesday, January 18 through Friday, January 21, schools will close the schools to allow time to deep clean and sanitize all school buildings.Â
Starting Wednesday, students will participate in virtual learning until Friday, January 14. Faculty and staff will still report to work each day.
Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans.
Alabama State University has updated its COVID rules for fans who want to attend athletic events, due to the new surge of the virus.
The Alabama Department of Public Health has released its first report on COVID cases in Alabama public schools for 2022. It shows a large jump in cases compared to the last report, issued just before the winter break.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– People in Selma and Dallas County had two opportunities — to protect themselves against COVID-19 Wednesday — as the number of cases in the area — continues to rise. Vaccinations were available — and free to the public — at Vaughan Regional Medical Center — and Selma University. Sixty-five year old Eloise Johnson of Orrville…
The University of Alabama has announced that it is restarting its face mask policy, due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the state.
State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris held a news conference Tuesday morning to address the recent surge of new COVID cases in Alabama. That news conference was carried live on CBS 8 and ABC 32.
The superintendent of Butler County Schools has announced that the school system will switch to virtual learning through the middle of January.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– COVID-19 and all of it’s variants are surging into the new year. Therefore, the fight to reduce the spread of the potentially deadly virus — rages on. “There was the Delta variant. We had the Mu variant, the Lambda variant. Now we’ve got the Omicron,” said Vaughan Regional Medical Center Communications & Marketing Coordinator, Collins…
