WKRG | Coronavirus

• 'No masks allowed': Parents of at-risk baby asked to leave restaurant for not removing masks September 20, 2021
  Two new parents claim they were kicked out of a Texas restaurant for violating a "no mask" policy and keeping their faces covered out of concern for their at-risk baby at home.
  Darcie Loreno
• Here's what medical officials are saying about COVID-19 boosters September 20, 2021
  Here's what medical officials are saying about COVID-19 boosters
  Dan Gray
• COVID-19 has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu did September 20, 2021
  Like the worldwide scourge of a century ago, the coronavirus may never entirely disappear from our midst.
  Carla K. Johnson/AP
• When can your elementary school kid get vaccinated? Here's what we know September 20, 2021
  Fall has brought anxiety for parents and students across the country children return to the classroom without the protections of a COVID-19 vaccine, but the option to get children as young as five fully vaccinated may not be far away.
  Nexstar Media Wire
• Masks not required when Baldwin County Fair kicks off Tuesday September 20, 2021
  ROBERTSDALE, Ala. (WKRG) - It may not look like much right now, but by Tuesday afternoon the fields surrounding the Baldwin County Coliseum will fill up with rides, concessions and a lot of visitors ready to kick off the 70th anniversary of the Baldwin County Fair. "We’re back and we’re back stronger than we ever […]
  Blake Brown
• Free COVID-19 testing offered at Monroe County Hospital September 20, 2021
  MONROE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) -- The Alabama Department of Public Health will offer free COVID-19 testing on Sept. 20 at Monroe County Hospital. “With the COVID-19 Delta variant on the rise and proving to be drastically more contagious, this offers our community a convenient and hassle-free way to get tested,” Chad Kent, Southwestern Public Health […]
  Aspen Popowski
• Some districts take new 'test and stay' approach to minimize student quarantine September 20, 2021
  A new COVID-19 testing model is looking to minimize time missed from school due to quarantine. The resource intensive approach is sometimes called "test to stay."
  Nexstar Media Wire
• US to loosen foreign travel restrictions, require vaccines September 20, 2021
  President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November, when his administration will require all foreign nationals flying into the country to be fully vaccinated.
  The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire
• 'Hey, hey, hey, goodbye!': Passengers sing as two kicked off Florida flight for not wearing masks September 20, 2021
  A video on Twitter captured the moment two people were escorted off an American Airlines flight out of Miami for not wearing masks.
  WFLA
• Alabama averaged 23 pregnant women, 46 children hospitalized with COVID-19 every day last week September 20, 2021
  Alabama averaged 23 pregnant women and 46 pediatric patients hospitalized for COVID-19 every day last week.
  Zach Hester
• Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works in children ages 5 to 11 September 20, 2021
  Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon -- a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.
  The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire
• Illinois family's emotional battle with COVID: Mother hospitalized after giving birth, father fears job loss September 19, 2021
  A suburban Illinois mother remains hospitalized after a grueling battle with COVID-19 that she fought while pregnant. As a result of the virus, she had to be put into an induced coma and gave birth early.
  Dana Rebik
• Nurses are leaving the profession, and replacing them won’t be easy September 19, 2021
  As more nurses leave the workforce, patient care will no doubt suffer.
  Rayna M Letourneau, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of South Florida
• Flight attendant promises to 'be annoying' about mask requirement in viral video September 18, 2021
  (NEXSTAR) – Unruly airline passengers might still be trying to ignore the federal mask mandate, but at least one flight attendant is prepared to annoy travelers into compliance. The unidentified flight attendant, whose no-nonsense pre-flight speech has gone viral on TikTok, could be heard telling passengers on a recent flight to Las Vegas that she […]
  Michael Bartiromo
• Alabama sheriff recovering from COVID-19 September 18, 2021
  PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama sheriff is recovering at home from COVID-19 after two days in a hospital being treated for the virus. The Montgomery Advertiser reports Autauga Sheriff Joe Sedinger was admitted Monday to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery and released two days later. He credits getting the COVID vaccination when it was made […]
  The Associated Press
• Alabama averages 42 COVID-19 deaths per day as rates rise across the U.S. September 18, 2021
  The latest COVID-19 data showed some positive trends in the U.S. over the past two weeks, with new cases and hospitalizations falling slightly. Not all the data is trending in the right direction, however. In fact, the nation saw a 40% rise in COVID deaths in that same time frame.
  Denise Craig
• Parents call on ECSD to reinstate mask mandate in schools September 18, 2021
  Some parents are asking the Escambia County School District to reinstate a mask mandate as COVID-19 cases in schools remain high.
  Cody Long
• Blount County Schools extends mask mandate through Oct. 4 September 18, 2021
  According to a post on the Blount County School's Facebook page, all students and staff are required to wear facial coverings inside buildings, on school buses and during after-school activities when a six feet social distance cannot be met and maintained.
  Nicole Cook
• COVID-19 is evolving, ‘getting better’ at becoming an airborne virus September 18, 2021
  (StudyFinds.org) - Recent COVID-19 variants are much more adept at airborne transmission than the original version of the coronavirus, according to a new study. University of Maryland researchers analyzed the Alpha variant first identified in the United Kingdom and discovered that carriers breathe out 43 to 100 times more infectious viral aerosols than those infected […]
  John Anderer
• Moderna vaccine is most effective against hospitalization from COVID-19, CDC study finds September 18, 2021
  A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday compares how effective each of the three COVID-19 vaccines are in preventing hospitalization from the virus.
  Fareeha Rehman