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		<title>Cecil County Re-opens in Line with Hogan Orders; State Slow to Test Nursing Homes Here, Warwick new Virus &#8220;Hotspot&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2020/05/cecil-county-re-opens-in-line-with-hogan-orders-state-slow-to-test-nursing-homes-here-warwick-new-virus-hotspot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County is re-opening business and social activities to the fullest extent allowed by Gov. Larry Hogan’s limited “Stage One” recovery plan as new hospitalizations for the COVID-19 virus show slight declines in the state. But a cluster of new cases in the Warwick area has emerged in recent days and county health officials concede that long promised special state testing of local nursing home patients and staff is lagging. Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy announced, at a press conference on Friday (5/15/2020), that “Cecil County is ready to begin our reopening” and the county “will implement all of the facets stipulated“ in Hogan’s directive that took effect at 5 p.m. Friday. But he noted that “the county cannot remove restrictions that the Governor retains in place.” Hogan has lifted the “stay home” order and allowed limited re-opening of retail operations and hair or barber shops, under certain restrictions, as well as boating and golfing activities. Under questioning by reporters, McCarthy said he had hoped the governor would allow restaurants to open table services at outdoor patios or seating areas with appropriate social distancing. But the governor insisted that takeout ordering only must continue at restaurants until a later stage [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Rise as Gov. Hogan Hopes to Re-Open State; Tests Lag on Shore—Hogan to Shore: “Drop Dead???”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT NEWS ANALYSIS Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has a plan to re-open the state’s economy in a safe, staged fashion while coping with the COVID-19 pandemic but the numbers—rising infections, deaths and miniscule testing rates in the state—are getting in the way. And while most of the state’s virus testing, hospital expansion and emergency steps have focused on the Baltimore area and Washington suburbs, there is a growing threat on the Eastern Shore that has not been addressed. Unless the state steps up its attention to the rising virus problems on the Eastern Shore, we will be left to wonder if that famous New York Post headline of many years ago might be revived and modified to assert: “Hogan to Shore: Drop Dead.” On Tuesday (4/28/2020), the Cecil County Health Department reported, as it had a day earlier, that the local death toll from the virus stood at 8 people and provided an updated count of 165 residents testing positive for the virus. The state report issued Tuesday still did not update the fatalities for Cecil County and listed the 6 deaths from an earlier report. However, the 8 fatalities reported locally made Cecil County the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>State Marks 10K Virus Milestone, Cecil County Has 102; Hogan Orders Facemasks&#8211;but Claims Re-opening Business is Near</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Maryland marked a milestone in the spread of the COVID-19 virus on Wednesday (4/15/2020) with 10,032 confirmed cases in the state, and Cecil County’s count reached 102 cases. But Gov. Larry Hogan, while ordering all shoppers and store workers to wear facemasks and predicting that the state is still weeks away from a “peak” of infections, said he was working on plans to re-open businesses in the state. It was a remarkable mixed-message performance by Hogan, speaking at an afternoon press conference in Annapolis, and highlighted his dual roles as Maryland’s governor, presiding over a still escalating local health crisis, and his position as chairman of the National Governors Association. In the latter capacity, Hogan said he and other governors would speak with President Trump in a teleconference call on Thursday, at which the topic would be re-opening the states’ businesses. President Trump declared this week that he alone had the authority to order re-opening of businesses across the nation and to over-ride governors’ shut down orders. But after widespread criticism from health officials, governors and Constitutional authorities, Trump partially backed down to say he would consult with governors on their local situations, although he wanted at least [&#8230;]]]></description>
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