(Provo, UT) — Incoming LDS missionaries will no longer need to show proof they are vaccinated against COVID-19, or have a negative COVID-19 test. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed its health and safety policies for the Missionary Training Center in Provo. Masks are also optional as […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will leave masking policies in meetinghouses to be determined by local church leaders. In a letter from the First Presidency, area presidencies are told to consult with stake presidents to determine whether masks should be worn during […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will soon join the growing list of states transitioning away from treating the pandemic as a public health crisis and shift to a policy focused on managing risk. Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that Utah health officials would phase out mass testing sites and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would prevent Utah employers from asking for proof of vaccination from current and future employees is a step closer to approval. House Bill 60 was approved by the House Business and Labor Committee yesterday. The bill prohibits companies from asking for proof […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The number of people hospitalized in Utah with coronavirus continues to decline. State health officials say there were 529 people in Utah hospitals with the virus yesterday. That’s a decrease of more than 30 patients from Monday. Just under 75 percent of Utah’s intensive care […]
(St. George, UT) — The Utah Department of Health says it is pausing rapid COVID-19 tests because they failed to find the virus 62-percent of the time. Health officials say they will provide rapid tests from different manufacturers for people who want to take it at home and need a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A small percentage of Utah National Guard personnel have yet to receive any COVID-19 vaccinations. KSTU-TV reports that about 12-percent of the soldiers and airmen were not vaccinated as of late January. Ten exemptions were approved, while more than 500 were still pending as of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah health officials are confirming they detected a different strain of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The so-called “stealth variant” was identified from tests last month. Evidence from Europe suggests the sub-variant may not be more severe than the original Omicron strain, but is more transmissible. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is putting the brakes on a program that allowed COVID-19 testing to help keep kids in school. Governor Cox signed House Bill 183 into law yesterday. The measure pauses the state’s “Test to Stay” program, which required a certain threshold of positive […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Department of Health is urging more people to get the COVID-19 vaccine after evaluating data in the state. UDOH officials say unvaccinated individuals in the state are more than two-times as likely to contract the virus than vaccinated Utahns. The unvaccinated are nearly […]
