A few members of the public will be allowed to sit in the gallery during General Assembly Sessions. With the Delaware General Assembly in the last month of its regular session, rules have been changed to open Legislature Hall in Dover to the public in a limited way. The statehouse will require the public to sign up to reserve …
The Va will begin vaccinating teens Monday at its Wilmington campus on Kirkwood Highway. The Wilmington VA Medical Center will begin vaccinating adolescents Monday. The expansion will only be offered to those 12– to 17-year-olds who are caregivers of veterans or veteran beneficiaries under the Save Lives Act. Shots will be available at its main campus at 1601 Kirkwood …
A bill filed by a Millsboro Republican would stop state agencies from requiring vaccines. File photo. A Republican representative has filed a bill that would prevent Delaware colleges and universities from insisting students be vaccinated to return to campus this fall. House Bill 209 filed by Rep. Rich Collins, R-Millboro, would forbid state or local governments including any entity receiving …
Delaware wants to vaccinate 17,000 people between now and July 4 to meet the goal President Joe Biden has set to have 70% of the population vaccinated by the Fourth of July. Gov. John Carney says that means the state needs to vaccinate about 5,000 people a week for the next month. “And celebrate Independence Day like no …
The state has shifted from mass vaccination events to smaller focused ones at festivals and gatherings. The average of daily new cases of COVID-19 has dropped to 74, the lowest since August, with Delaware’s new prizes-for-vaccines program holding its first drawing Monday. The Delaware Division of Public Health said that among people who have been vaccinated, there have been …
Delaware is upping the ante to get people vaccinated as case rates continue to drop. On Tuesday, the state announced it was launching DE Wins!, a public education and incentive program aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates in Delaware. “Our goal is to reach 70 percent of vaccinated adults in Delaware in the coming weeks, and to continue vaccinating …
Delaware is offering free rides to Public Health clinics for vaccination appointments
‘We’re not going to be in the business of asking people for so-called vaccine passports,’ the governor said, ‘so we know who’s vaccinated and who’s not.’
‘Folks need to take that step and start looking for jobs,’ the governor said. ‘That will be part of the way be we will take. That is the normal requirement.’
344,780 Delawareans, or 44.4% of the eligible population, are fully vaccinated as of Friday a.m.
