Tag: social distancing

Vaxxed. Or. Masked. At Tuesday’s meeting, Allen County commissioners continued to align its COVID-19 policy with recommendations from health professionals, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE).…

The U.S. could experience a “perfect storm” for a jump in COVID-19 cases this year if Americans remain unvaccinated while increasing social activity, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model. An estimated one-quarter of Americans…

Prom will go on. All of Allen County’s schools plan to offer prom this year, after last year’s events were either canceled or smaller events were organized by parents. The proms will feature a few…

Quick and painless. That’s how the process went when I attended the COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday along with other Register staff who have a high degree of contact with the public. The clinic, organized by…

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s patience.  It wasn’t until Nov. 7 that the Nov. 3 general election confirmed Joe Biden our president-elect. That would not be considered a long time were our current…

Iola’s community buildings, which have been largely closed off to the public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, may soon reopen. Iola City Council members discussed reopening the buildings for private gatherings in time…

Only a few cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in area schools, though those events have led to the quarantine of dozens of others in an effort to slow the spread of infection.…

All social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England, under new limits to be announced by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson today, as coronavirus cases grow. At a press conference, the…

Chuck Platt will debate with anyone the risks of COVID-19, knowing full well it’s a lost cause. “You’re not going to convince some people,” he said. For now, he has bigger worries. “They’ve been saying…

Marmaton Valley Elementary School’s Cynthia Johnson takes the temperature of third-grader Bentley James Parker on the first day of school today. Schools are implementing several precautionary measures to protect against the coronavirus, including temperature checks,…