Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’
Coronavirus Update, July 17
In a virtual town hall held this week, the Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District, and Superintendent of TST-BOCES, along with other local leaders, discussed plans to reopen their school districts this fall. Both Dr. Luvelle Brown (ICSD) and Dr. Jeffrey Matteson (TST-BOCES) are optimistic about reopening K-12 schools. Dr. Brown says he hopes…
Read MoreImplementing Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic [AUDIO]
In the last four months the coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives and changed life as we know it. Along with differences in: the way we see friends and family; go to work; and go on with everyday life, the way we get medical attention has also changed in a big way. In this feature,…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 16, 2020
Looking at the local COVID-19 caseload, In Tompkins County 170 of the 193 people infected with the virus have recovered as of Thursday, according to the County Health Department. Over in Schuyler County, there are no new positive cases reported as of Thursday. 16 out of 17 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered, according to…
Read MoreIn the Name of Zoom: Religious Communities and COVID-19 [AUDIO]
WRFI News Intern Phoebe Harms takes a look at how two religious communities in Tompkins County have adapted their services online during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 15, 2020
It was announced by the Tompkins County health department that as of Wednesday, there are 7 more cases of COVID-19 in the county. This comes after Tuesday’s additional 10 new cases reported in Tompkins. That leaves 24 active cases in our area, and 169 recovered cases. Frank Kruppa, County Public Health Director issued a statement…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 14, 2020
On Tuesday afternoon the Trump Administration rolled back a recent reversal in policy that would have resulted in the deportation of millions of international students in America if they did not register for in-person classes for the Fall 2020 semester. According to the New York Times, this greenlights a policy put into place in March…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 13, 2020
Over the weekend three new cases of COVID-19, and one new case was reported Monday in Tompkins County. According to the county health department, as of Monday 167 of the 176 people infected with the virus in Tompkins County have recovered. According to Tompkins Public Health Director Frank Kruppa, several new positive COVID-19 cases are…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, July 10, 2020
There are 3 new cases of COVID-19 as of today in Tompkins County, 167 of 172 people infected with the virus in Tompkins County have recovered, according to the County Health department. According to Tompkins Public Health Director Frank Kruppa, the new positive COVID-19 cases are related to Fourth of July social gatherings and out-of-state…
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