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Health update: record-breaking COVID hospitalizations, scarce at-home test supplies and the ongoing omicron surge

A woman swabs her nostril with a COVID test.
Kevin Trevellyan
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A woman swabs a nostril with a PCR COVID-19 test at a Vermont Department of Health drive-thru testing site in Barre on Jan. 14, 2022.

Live call-in discussion: Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine joins Vermont Edition this hour to offer the latest on COVID-19 in Vermont, and answer questions related to recent record-breaking hospitalizations (and what those figures mean for hospital capacity in the state); the availability of rapid at-home tests for individuals and those testing through the ; a and more.

Our guest is:

  • Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont's health commissioner.

Broadcast live on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Matt Smith worked for ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.