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Livestreams and drive-ins: Easter in the time of COVID-19

Sunday church service is as engrained in Southern culture as sweet tea and college football. This Easter, churches across the country will be missing their congregations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health issued a statewide order prohibiting non-work related gatherings of 25 people or … Continued
April 12, 2020

More than 500 Alabama health care workers infected with COVID-19

The number of health care workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 continues to rise in Alabama. At least 500 Alabama health care workers who work at hospitals and doctor’s offices have tested positive for the virus, the Alabama Department of Public Health says. Data released Saturday shows the number rose to 504 by April … Continued
April 11, 2020

Alabama reaches 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

Alabama has surpassed 3,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Public Health says. As of Friday evening at 7 p.m., labs had confirmed 3,008 cases of the virus in the state. At least 80 people are dead after testing positive. At least 58 of those deaths have been verified by epidemiologists as caused … Continued
April 10, 2020

AG: Local governments may not assist businesses negatively impacted by shutdown

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote in an opinion Tuesday that county and city governments can not provide public funds to private businesses that were impacted by the forced economic shutdown to fight the coronavirus. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, this Office has received numerous inquiries from counties and municipalities regarding whether a program could be … Continued
April 10, 2020

Feds seizing needed supplies slowed state’s COVID-19 testing efforts

Add Alabama to the list of states that have had trouble acquiring needed medical supplies from commercial vendors because the federal government intervened and took the supplies. The federal government has been quietly seizing orders of medical supplies, protective gear and testing materials across the country, and Alabama has not been immune. The federal government’s … Continued
April 9, 2020

400 Alabama health care workers and 155 nursing home staff, residents positive for COVID-19

Nearly 400 health care workers and 90 long-term care facility employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Alabama Department of Public Health said Thursday that at least 393 health care workers, 90 long-term care facility employees and 65 long-term care facility residents have tested positive. Health care workers includes those who work at … Continued
April 9, 2020

Mobile County jail inmates, officers test positive for COVID-19

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says six inmates at the county jail and even more correctional officers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to WKRG, which broke the story on Thursday. Attempts to reach the sheriff’s office’s public information officer wasn’t immediately successful Thursday, but WKRG reported that the sheriff’s office confirmed that 6 inmates … Continued
April 9, 2020

ER doctors in frontline battle against COVID-19 are facing pay cuts

Emergency room doctors across the nation are experiencing cuts to pay, benefits and hours even as they battle COVID-19. Suddenly ER doctors in Alabama are facing the same slashes to their income. “It’s crazy, cutting hours and pay right as hell breaks loose,” said an Alabama ER doctor who has spent the last month treating … Continued
April 9, 2020