Alabama Gov Declares Narrow State Of Emergency For Covid With No Mandates Or Shutdowns
Ivey, a Republican, urged Alabama residents to get vaccinated, calling the vaccine “our greatest weapon against COVID” in a statement. Her order is aimed at meeting surging demands by allowing flexibility in hospital staffing and authorizing out-of-state practitioners to operate in Alabama. It also increases hospital capacity, allows alternative standards of care to be adopted and authorizes that government meetings be held remotely. Ivey insisted that the state of emergency proclamation was focused only on “cutting red tape” for health care workers that were “treating a new wave of patients in Alabama’s hospitals....