SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah-based health care organization will send two coronavirus response teams of medical workers to New York hospitals that are suffering from staffing shortages because of the outbreak. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Intermountain Healthcare announced the 50-member teams will be deployed for two […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As coronavirus deaths increase, Utah officials started using an emergency alert system to send text messages to drivers entering the state, asking them to report any virus symptoms and a recent travel history. The state declared truck drivers exempt from the system. Hundreds of thousands […]
The number of coronavirus cases on the nation’s largest Native American reservation jumped by 17% Saturday as the Navajo Nation prepared to get new rapid-test kits. The Navajo Nation said in a statement that the number of cases on the 27,000-square-mile (70,000-square-kilometer) reservation that sprawls across Arizona, New Mexico and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 33,000 new Utah residents filed for unemployment last week in yet another increase that illustrates the stunning collapse of the global economy. The new filings mark a 16% leap from the previous week and were a staggering 29 times higher than the average […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All five of Utah’s national parks are closed after Capitol Reef officials said Thursday they’re shuttering their gates to prevent spread of the new coronavirus. The park known for its sandstone cliffs was the last national park still open in Utah after Zion, Bryce Canyon, […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department is issuing a challenge to central Utah. Nate Selin, health director for the CUPHD, shared on Apr. 9 that “they wanted to put a challenge out there to the people of central Utah to show them how you do social distancing.” Selin talked about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday that travelers coming into Utah will be required to identify themselves and report any coronavirus symptoms as they arrive. Authorities say highways will be “geofenced” at the five most common entry points so drivers get a text message through a […]
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kane County Commission is suspending recreational use of public lands to nonresidents for the next two weeks. Nonresidents may still enter and leave the county for travel-related reasons and county residents can still recreate on the lands if they adhere to CDC guidelines. According […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department announced Apr. 8 two more case of COVID-19 within the Central Utah Health District with one of them being the first hospitalized case within the district. Central Utah Public Health Department Health Officer Nate Selin shared that both new cases are Millard County residents. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah researchers are joining a global push to determine if an anti-malaria drug not officially approved for fighting the new coronavirus is useful in fighting the pandemic. Clinical studies announced Wednesday by the University of Utah Health and Intermountain Healthcare are among dozens underway around […]
