Nirav Shah

As of Tuesday, Maine has an official state website for state residents to pre-register for coronavirus vaccines. The site, vaccinateme.maine.gov, will allow users to submit information that can eventually be used to schedule vaccine appointments.

Mainers can now get in line for their dose of the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.

Maine’s top public health official says the state is considering scaling back investigations into cases of COVID-19 to focus on the most vulnerable populations, as some other states have already done.

The surge of coronavirus cases in Maine has necessitated changes to the state’s contact tracing protocols, the state’s top public health officials said Monday. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer be able to keep in touch with individuals who test positive for the coronavirus over the course of their illness, said Dr. Nirav Shah,...

Maine moved into Stage 4 of its COVID-19 economic reopening plan on Tuesday, meaning many businesses and organizations were allowed to host more people inside ahead of the cool and cold weather coming in late fall and winter. Places like restaurants, movie theaters and religious gathering spaces are able to fill either 50% of their seats or allow 100 people…

Gov. Janet Mills on Friday accelerated the date that lodging businesses can welcome out-of-state visitors, citing encouraging signs in several testing benchmarks during the pandemic. Lodging establishments can welcome out-of-state visitors on June 26, instead of July 1, as long as they meet the 14-day quarantine requirement or the new testing alternative. New Hampshire and Vermont residents are exempt from…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has convened a team that’s tasked with coordinating the state’s response to the potential spread of coronavirus. The response team led by Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah briefed the governor and her cabinet on Monday on efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to protect public health. The meeting took place...