Category: COVID-19
CDC recommends masks for Kzoo County
Some area stores are already moving to request or require mask usage again.
WMU not requiring vaccines
MSU and U of M will require students and staff to be vaccinated when classes start. WMU has not followed suit.
K College among schools requiring vaccines
Kalamazoo College is mandating students be vaccinated against COVID before classes start in the fall.
Kalamazoo hospital to require employees get vaccinated
Ascension Borgess Hospital will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID and the flu by November.
8/2/21: COVID transmission rates have doubled in 2 weeks
The positivity rate is nearing 5% in Michigan. It’s near 7% in Kalamazoo.
NowKalamazoo original story As Delta spreads in Michigan, some counties are more vulnerable than others
Delta is expected to be more contagious than other variants, but vaccines still keep it at bay.
Lawmakers move to take away governor’s emergency powers
Despite the fervor, the rule change would have no practical effect.
Kzoo to resume jury trials
16 months after it stopped seating juries, county courts are set to resume. A backlog of cases awaits them.
State announces first vaccine sweepstakes winners
Governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled the first four winners of $50K daily drawings.
Vaccine lotto hasn’t led to rise in vaccinations
Health workers say there hasn’t been an uptick in people being vaccinated since Michigan’s vaccine sweepstakes was announced.
