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Medical workers receive first Moab COVID-19 vaccine shipments

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

Utah hospitals and frontline workers are receiving COVID-19 vaccines in southeastern Utah, after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration granted emergency authorizations to Pfizer and Moderna for vaccines to fight the coronavirus. ​Frontline…

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Moab reports “high” transmission levels of COVID-19, state says

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

As of Oct. 22, Grand County is reporting “high” transmission levels of COVID-19 according to the Utah Department of Health along with 20 other Utah counties as the statewide spike in coronavirus cases…

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Moab football, volleyball games canceled due to COVID-19

Moab Sun News5 years ago2 years ago

The spike in local COVID-19 cases in Moab is impacting high school athletics, as the Grand County High School volleyball and football teams announced  they would curtail gameplay due to the virus. The…

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12 questions about free meals for students at Grand County public schools

Moab Sun News5 years ago4 years ago

Burrito bowls, chicken alfredo, tortilla pinwheels. Grand breakfasts and smoothies. Pizzageddon. These are some of the new meals debuting at Grand County schools this year. As schools reopen, all enrolled students in the Grand County…

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6 Carbon County teachers are quarantined days after school reopens

Moab Sun News5 years ago4 years ago

Just days after the school year began, six Carbon High School teachers are in quarantine after one tested positive for COVID-19. “This could sound like things didn’t go right, because we have teachers…

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Moab mask mandate approved to end of year, COVID-19 testing offered on Aug. 31

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

After what Southeast Utah Health Department Health Director Bradon Bradford described as a “mini-outbreak” of COVID-19 infections in Grand County about a month ago, new case counts have remained low, he told the…

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Masks required in Moab; Positive tests from tourists left out of count, health department reports

Rachel Fixsen5 years ago4 years ago

In Grand County, masks will be required in public places where physical distancing is impossible, including businesses and government buildings.  The Grand County Council approved the ordinance at their meeting on July 7…

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Grand County adds 3 new COVID-19 cases in 4 days

Moab Sun News6 years ago4 years ago

The Southeast Utah Health Department confirmed three positive tests for COVID-19 in Grand County from May 22 to May 25.  “We are still working on the details and contacts of the case currently,”…

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Additional COVID case in Grand County; two active cases each for Emery, Carbon

Moab Sun News6 years ago4 years ago

The Southeast Utah Health Department confirmed an additional confirmed case of COVID-19 in Grand County on May 22, while four previous positive cases were declared “recovered.”  The department notes there are currently two…

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Arches, Canyonlands National Parks to reopen May 29

Moab Sun News6 years ago4 years ago

Arches and Canyonlands National Parks will open its trails and roads to visitors again on May 29 after two months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Southeast Group of Parks were…

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