{"id":221066,"date":"2021-03-12T09:43:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=221066"},"modified":"2021-03-12T10:07:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:07:50","slug":"nd-capital-lights-in-heart-shape-honor-residents-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=221066","title":{"rendered":"ND Capital Lights in heart shape, honor residents lost"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"ND Capitol lights\u00a0 displayed shape of heart Thursday night in honor of residents lost to COVID-19 and those involved in response efforts<\/p>\n

BISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum Thursday issued the following statement as March 11 marks one year since the first COVID-19 case was identified in North Dakota.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday marks one year since we confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in North Dakota. As we always do in an emergency, North Dakotans came together as friends and neighbors to fight this invisible enemy, taking actions to slow the spread of the coronavirus and save lives and livelihoods. We recognized the importance of keeping our children in school, our economy open and our most vulnerable residents protected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe could not have weathered this storm without the incredible efforts of our frontline health care workers, first responders, educators, business leaders, local public health units, the dedicated members of Team ND and, most of all, the residents of our great state who showed the power of personal responsibility. For your commitment to protecting your fellow North Dakotans, we are eternally grateful. As our COVID numbers trend in the right direction and North Dakota continues to be a national leader in vaccination efforts, we can begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we have each of you to thank for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the 1,454 North Dakotans who have passed with COVID-19 as we mourn this pandemic\u2019s terrible toll on our nation and the world. In honor of those lost to COVID-19, as well as the more than 99,000 North Dakotans who have recovered from the virus and the health care workers, first responders and other heroes of this pandemic fight, tonight the Capitol\u2019s southside windows will be lit up in the shape of a heart, just as they were nearly one year ago \u2013 to remind us now, as we did then, that we are in this together, and together we will emerge stronger than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on North Dakota\u2019s COVID-19 response, visit www.health.nd.gov\/coronavirus<\/a> or www.ndresponse.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ND Capitol lights\u00a0 displayed shape of heart Thursday night in honor of residents lost to COVID-19 and those involved in response efforts BISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum Thursday issued the following statement as March 11 marks one year since the first COVID-19 case was identified in North Dakota. \u201cToday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":221169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=221066"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221171,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221066\/revisions\/221171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/221169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=221066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=221066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=221066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}