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Beginning Thursday, Feb. 10, most pediatric and obstetrics patients will be allowed two visitors.

MMC will allow visitors in adult inpatient units, effective Monday, Feb. 7.

The health care system is using the latest science to set standards for return to work protocols for care team members who contract COVID-19.

Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) is pleased to welcome new primary care providers, Keith J. Bourgeois, NP, RN, to Kennebunk, Eric Eisenberg, MD, to Sanford, Karyn R. A. King, MD, to Kennebunk, Robert Lyman, DO, to Biddeford, Daniel North, DO, to Kennebunk, and Brittany Grace Whitaker, DO, to Sanford primary care practices.

Community members who test positive for COVID-19 with at-home tests should follow CDC guidelines for isolation and should not come to the emergency department, urgent care or walk-in clinics for confirmatory testing.

Appointments are available this week from Wednesday-Friday at 110 Free Street in Portland.

Virginie Emmanuelle Ngono was born Jan. 1 at 1:12 a.m.

MMC makes this change as community transmission of COVID-19 continues to rise.

The team of 15 from the federal government’s National Disaster Medical System will provide short-term support for MMC during the current surge.

Two groups of AOAÌåÓýƽ̨ care team members will split the inaugural fund to advance their innovations: A robotic clot retriever and a portable negative pressure isolation tent