Posts by WRFI News Staff

New York State Government is announcing that people 30 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine on Tuesday. Those 30 and above can sign up for their vaccination appointments on Tuesdays. Starting Tuesday, April 6th, New Yorkers 16 and up will become eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Tompkins county is reporting 189…

Ithaca City School District officials are aiming to increase the number of students allowed in schools for in-person learning. School Superintendent Dr. Luvelle Brown and Medical Director Dr. Melissa Dhundale (DUN-dale) say they are studying recently updated public health guidelines from the CDC.  New Federal guidelines cleared students to be distanced three feet apart, rather…

Tompkins county has 1,770 doses of the COVID vaccine for the week of March 22. All these doses are for essential workers in phases 1a and 1b. The Covid-19 vaccine registry will be used to communicate appointment links directly with a random group of eligible people.  New York State also recently announced that those 50…