North Dakota coronavirus information, Aug. 6: North Dakota getting $45M broadband enhance | Well being

The most recent North Dakota coronavirus information: broadband enhance, airport help and extra.

North Dakota is getting $45 million in American Rescue Plan coronavirus help to spice up broadband infrastructure within the state.

The cash will join practically 4,000 houses and companies to high-speed web service, based on the U.S. Treasury Division, which introduced the funding via the Coronavirus Capital Initiatives Fund. That effort is offering $10 billion nationally and to tribal governments to allow work, training and well being monitoring amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The pandemic upended life as we knew it — from work to highschool to connecting with family and friends — and uncovered the stark inequity in entry to inexpensive and dependable high-speed web in communities throughout the nation, however particularly in rural, tribal, and low-income communities,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo mentioned in an announcement.

Web service suppliers that obtain cash via the aggressive Broadband North Dakota program are required to take part within the Federal Communications Fee’s Inexpensive Connectivity Program, which gives households in want with a reduction of $30 monthly. Tribal households are eligible for as much as $75 monthly.

For extra info, go to https://www.ndit.nd.gov/about-us/broadband.

The Bismarck Airport is getting $14.1 million in further coronavirus help.

The cash is thru the federal CARES Act, based on U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.

The Federal Aviation Administration additionally doled out $2.2 million to the Devils Lake Airport Authority, he mentioned.

A complete record of free public COVID-19 testing provided in North Dakota might be discovered at well being.nd.gov/covidtesting. That website additionally lists the place free at-home check kits are being provided. 

Folks can go to https://www.ndvax.orgor https://bit.ly/3N3IMxb or name 866-207-2880 to see the place COVID-19 vaccine is out there close to them.

County-level COVID-19 dangers decided by the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention might be discovered at https://bit.ly/3Clifrq. 

Steerage and assets for companies are at https://bit.ly/3w0DpKj.

Basic info is at https://www.well being.nd.gov/diseases-conditions/coronavirus and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.