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Providence College hopes to resume in-person classes for all students on Oct. 12, the school’s president said. Before that, the week of Oct. 5 is focused on further extensive testing of the student body, the Rev. Kenneth Sicard said. He said students who left on-campus or off-campus residences during a stay-at-home period that started on Sept. 17 will be tested…

Providence College hopes to resume in-person classes for all students on Oct. 12, the school’s president said.

The University of Rhode Island has joined a growing number of U.S. colleges canceling spring break to reduce travel and prevent the spread of the coronavirus. University officials announced the measure Friday evening, a week after the Faculty Senate approved the change, according to The Providence Journal. It was also supported by university President David Dooley. Classes will continue from...

Providence College has issued a stay-at-home order and moved to remote learning after over 80 students tested positive for the coronavirus, the school announced Thursday night. College President Rev. Kenneth Sicard said in an email to students and faculty that the school is issuing a stay-at-home order for all students and all students living on campus will be tested. The…

A spokesperson for the Infectious Diseases Society of America said that colleges should isolate students on campus if an outbreak occurs rather than send them home, which could lead to further spread and make contact tracing more difficult, according to the Boston Herald.

In a COVID-19 update, Gov. Gina Raimondo announced that starting Sunday, anyone coming from a state on Rhode Island’s quarantine list will be required to sign a compliance certificate that they either tested negative for COVID-19 or they plan to quarantine for 14 days.

A Rhode Island nursing home trade group is defending the way its members cared for residents during the coronavirus pandemic, after Gov. Gina Raimondo pledged more scrutiny of the facilities as the state recovers. Rhode Island’s “nursing homes and our workers fought tirelessly against this virus, yet without the proper tools and support, they were climbing uphill,” Rhode Island...

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed this year’s Newport International Boat Show. Newport Exhibition Group announced Tuesday that the annual event scheduled to take place Sept. 17-20 at the Newport Yachting Center has been canceled. Rhode Island has limited the number of people who can attend outdoor events to 250 in the third phase of its economic reopening plan. Show operator…

Rhode Island has had its first case of a rare but serious inflammatory condition in children that has been linked to the coronavirus, state Department of Health Director Nicole Alexander-Scott said Friday. The child was diagnosed with multisystem inflammatory syndrome Thursday and tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, she said. The child is in the hospital….

Gov. Gina Raimondo joined Black Lives Matter Rhode Island’s Gary Dantzler to discuss racial injustice across the state at an event on Friday morning. Raimondo praised last weekend’s peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd while denouncing the violence that occurred on Monday night in Providence. “It was a very, very difficult, painful night for the city,” she...

Gov. Gina Raimondo on Wednesday provided guidelines on the reopening of gyms and fitness centers when Rhode Island begins Phase 2 of reopening. During her daily news conference, Raimondo said under Phase 2, which she hopes will begin June 1, gyms and fitness centers will be able to resume in-person activity on a limited basis with restrictions. The governor said…

In a COVID-19 update, Gov. Gina Raimondo provides an update on summer camp openings.

A Providence civic leader who wants to let local police ignore violations of the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions withdrew his proposal, saying there was no sense in discussing a doomed measure. Narragansett Town Council President Matthew Mannix had planned to introduce the resolution at Monday night’s meeting but said he knew three of the five councilors would vote against it....

Restaurants in Rhode Island were set to offer outdoor dining to customers Monday in the state’s latest move to cautiously reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. The loosened restrictions are part of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s moves to reopen the state after its stay-at-home order expired earlier this month. Restaurants have been limited to take-out and delivery operations under...

Restaurants will reopen with strict rules allowing for outdoor dining only in Rhode Island and New Hampshire as Vermont begins reopening retail shops for the first time in nearly two months.

Gov. Gina Raimondo on Tuesday encouraged residents to seek medical attention for issues other than those related to the novel coronavirus as Rhode Island slowly reopens amid the pandemic. In her daily news briefing, Raimondo said it was “safe to go back” to hospitals, which are allowed to offer non-critical procedures, surgeries and appointments amid the state’s first phase...

Gov. Gina Raimondo on Monday announced the state will allow restaurants to offer outdoor dining beginning next week, in the latest move to slowly reopen the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak. The move comes after the state allowed some non-essential businesses to reopen after the stay-at-home order expired last week, a process Raimondo said was going “very smoothly.” “Over this…

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced that restaurants will be allowed to offer outdoor dining on May 18.

Rhode Island is allowing some retail shops to reopen to small numbers of customers as the state begins to lift restrictions meant to curb the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Gina Raimondo said the state is taking “baby steps” out of caution and that more types of businesses could resume operations in coming weeks.