COVID-19

Let’s hope this isn’t the new normal

This is Friday the 13th, and bad luck is certainly on tap for Alabama, the United States, and the rest of the world. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is wreaking havoc. This may be overreaction, but a March without any madness? A stock market that loses big chunks of itself almost daily? No spring training for … Continued

Joey Kennedy

March 13, 2020

Opinion

Alabama is simply unprepared for the coronavirus crisis

At a House Health Committee meeting on Wednesday, state health officer Dr. Scott Harris said he did not doubt that novel coronavirus would be found here in Alabama if there was more testing. The deadly COVID-19 virus is here, and people are sick and most likely, some will die. Around the state, people are being … Continued

Bill Britt

March 12, 2020

Trump suspends travel to U.S. form Europe, coronavirus declared pandemic

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was suspending all travel to the U.S. from Europe for the next 30 days in an effort to prevent wider spread of coronavirus. Trump, speaking from the Oval Office, said travel from the UK would not be suspended. The travel ban will go into effect Friday at midnight. … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 12, 2020

Barry Moore says he supports Trump’s effort to fight the coronavirus

Wednesday, Congressional candidate former State Representative Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) expressed his confidence in the President’s announced plans to help Americans weather the COVID-19 pandemic. “This President is once again showing great leadership, as he has since this crisis began,” Rep. Moore said. “His actions early on to restrict travel into this country from China are … Continued

Brandon Moseley

March 12, 2020

Opinion

Alabama Secretary of State issues response to Coronavirus preparation

Last week, Alabama witnessed what may yet be another record voter turnout during a Presidential Preference Primary Election, as our state has seen over the last four major elections. With the severe weather and looming threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), more than 33 percent of all eligible Alabamians still participated in the Super Tuesday election. … Continued

John Merrill

March 12, 2020

No Alabama hospitals can independently test for coronavirus

No hospital in Alabama on Tuesday could independently test for coronavirus, said the head of the Alabama Hospital Association. The state’s own public health lab in Montgomery began testing for COVID-19 on March 5, and as of Tuesday, less than 20 people in Alabama have been tested since the virus was detected in late 2019, … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 11, 2020

Fairhope church members back in U.S. after testing negative for coronavirus.

Members of a Fairhope church who were quarantined in an Israeli hotel arrived back in the U.S. early Tuesday morning after testing negative for COVID-19, a church spokesman said Tuesday. The 13 church members from 3Circle Church have chosen to complete a “medically-supervised quarantine,” wrote church spokesman Zach Adamson in a statement Tuesday. “Our team … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 11, 2020

Alabama school officials cancel overseas travel over coronavirus concerns

The Alabama Department of Education has asked local school systems to disallow school-sponsored overseas travel as the department works to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. Mackey said that the state Department of Education has asked that local school districts cancel overseas travel “over the next several weeks.” “It’s not necessarily just about catching the virus overseas … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 11, 2020

Alabama Department of Correction’s coronavirus plan not ready

The Alabama Department of Corrections doesn’t yet have a plan for how to deal with coronavirus in state prisons, according to the department. “The ADOC will work with the ADPH and other state agencies to develop our Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), as the Department has in previous years in formulating our pandemic response,” wrote … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 11, 2020

Mobile Archbishop issues statement on liturgical practices due to coronavirus

Mobile’s Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi in a statement Monday issued directives meant to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during liturgical celebrations. Rodi said that he had hoped previous statements sent to clergy, parents and students at Catholic schools on ways to prevent the spread of the virus would be enough. “I was not … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

March 10, 2020