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Councilman finds contact tracing is another farce
Vero Beach City Councilman Rey Neville began asking the County Health Department months ago for specifics about how ...
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Local Cleveland Clinic hospital president sees ‘critical’ need for a mask mandate
In early April, experts were frantically trying to model when the COVID-19 pandemic would peak. Mid-April? Early May? ...
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Traditional classrooms or virtual school? Family decisions loom
Public school students have until Friday to decide whether to return to school on Aug. 10, despite the ...
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Did nursing tech bring COVID-19 into hospital ER?
If Ginger Burkeen’s husband Brian wasn’t up for sentencing on a felony grand theft conviction for stealing a ...
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COVID-19 scare delays Brian Burkeen felony sentencing
The former second in command at Indian River County Fire-Rescue, Brian Burkeen of Fellsmere, was supposed to be ...
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Many here complacent despite dramatic jump in COVID-19 cases
Indian River County’s death toll from COVID-19 rose by just one person this past week, and hospitalizations have ...
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Vero’s Majestic 11 theater reopens, and then closes again
There weren’t any spotlights or red carpets when the Majestic 11 theater reopened on June 19, but that ...
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Bobby’s bartenders first to test positive for COVID-19
While most island restaurant owners say the recent spike in coronavirus cases hasn’t hindered business, the pandemic has ...
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Unknown phone number might be a ‘contact tracer’
Answer your phone! While many of us in recent times have stopped answering calls from telephone numbers we ...
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Indian River schools requiring masks on buses; encouraging masks in classrooms
Wearing facemasks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will be required for everyone riding Indian River County school ...
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20 residents test positive, two die, at Rosewood Manor
Twenty residents have tested positive for COVID-19, including two who died, at Rosewood Manor, a 50-bed assisted living ...
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CEO Barsoum leaves Cleveland Clinic Florida hospital
Dr. Wael Barsoum, a key figure in the merger that made Indian River Medical Center part of Cleveland ...