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Recommendations include allowing employees to work from home when possible, discontinuing all events and gatherings, and avoiding in-person service at restaurants or bars, among other requests.
The poll found that 45% said President Trump's comments about masks and social distancing had made them less favorable toward him, while 24% said they had improved their favor for him.
The state also counted a record number of covid-19 hospitalizations, 841, with 231 of those patients in intensive case and 106 of them on ventilators.
With just a little more than a week before Election Day and with a challenge to the health care law coming before the high court, health care is on both the ballot and the docket. And for the Ohio Valley — a region with some of the nation’s worst health outcomes — the stakes are high.
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The governor said a record 818 people were hospitalized in Kentucky for COVID-19 on Friday, up 18 from Thursday; 205 are in intensive care, nine fewer than Thursday; and 97 are on a ventilator, eight fewer than Thursday.  
McGrath says that McConnell is to blame for Congress’ inaction. McConnell says Democrats are asking for too much and partly blames the election.
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"Pandemic fatigue" is hitting Kentucky at a time when cases, hospitalizations and deaths are at record highs.
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Three Hopkinsville organizations — the Hopkinsville Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County and the Pennyroyal Arts Council — are among those selected.
AppHarvest founder and CEO Jonathan Webb said the pandemic has shown how fragile food supply chains are, and that projects like this can make it easier for people to access food locally.
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A leaked report on postal performance showed that "on-time" first-class mail delivery was down about 8 percent since DeJoy's appointment, on-time delivery of periodicals (including rural newspapers) was down 9.57%, and internal processing time was down 6.49%.
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In Western Kentucky, President Trump leads Joe Biden 65% to 30%, according to a poll of 625 Kentucky voters taken Oct. 12 to 15.
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Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack said the first doses will go to health care workers, first responders, and high-risk populations.