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Gov. Chris Sununu provided an update on the rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines that arrived Monday, on how he is directing the last of the unspent CARES Act relief money, and took questions from the media at his weekly pandemic briefing on Thursday.
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The Republican majority blocked attempts to hold lawmakers accountable for hate speech, to prohibit guns in Representatives Hall, to require training to prevent sexual harassment, unconscious bias, and creating a hostile work environment, and to mandate masks be worn at all House sessions, committee hearings or other gathering of members.
DHHS has also announced twenty-one additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer our sympathies to the family and friends.
With snow in the air and a dozen ski areas in the state now open, it appears that the 2020-21 season is actually going to happen. Really!
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Mitchell Weinberg has determined that the cause of Ms. Tremblay’s death was a single gunshot wound of the head, and that the manner of death is pending further investigation. At this time, the cause and manner of Mason Tremblay’s death are pending further investigation.
In New Hampshire since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 32,545 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed with 863 (3%) of those having been hospitalized.
State Sen. Thomas Sherman, D-Rye, who is also a physician, said the state is technically correct about releasing private health information, but he believes the number should be released and lawmakers should make their test results public voluntarily.
The lawsuit alleges that Phillip Borcuk, 34, of Cornish, died after corrections staff in the Residential Treatment Unit tased him multiple times, hit and pushed him to the floor of his cell and restrained him with his hands tied behind his back.