Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’
Coronavirus Update, April 28, 2020
Governor Andrew Cuomo has detailed guidelines for a “phased” plan to reopen the state — region by region. The Governor made his announcement at a press briefing held Tuesday at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. The first detail is that once a region sees a two-week decline in the COVID-19 hospitalization rate, they may start…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, April 24, 2020
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that any registered voter in New York who wishes to vote via absentee ballot this June will be allowed to request one. Under normal circumstances, a voter would have to go to the local Board of Elections. However, under the executive order, the new plan will allow residents to avoid…
Read MoreThe Kitchen Theater and the One-Minute Play Festival Coronavirus Plays [AUDIO]
The One-Minute Play Festival organized an April 2020 event where the audience watched plays–all inspired by the social impact of the coronavirus–via Zoom. The Kitchen Theater’s Tyler Struble, director of the local performance, and actors R.J. Lavine and Chris Dawson share their experience with creating this live, online performance.
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, April 23, 2020
At the New York Governor’s daily press conference Thursday, Governor Cuomo spoke to some of the initial results of state-wide antibody testing, which began this week. 13.9% of the 3,000 people whose blood was tested were found to have antibodies with COVID-19. The Times-Union reports that this data shows that the COVID-19 infection rate across…
Read MoreCarlos Gutierrez speaks with Dr. Jose Canario About Coronavirus Community Health Impacts on Farm Workers [AUDIO – Español]
Carlos Gutiérrez habló con el Dr. José Canario, director médico de la clínica Finger Lakes Community Health, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2020. El Dr. Canario ha estado trabajando para abordar los impactos del coronavirus en los trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes. Carlos Gutierrez spoke with Dr. Jose Canario chief medical officer at the Finger Lakes…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, April 22, 2020
A new COVID-19 contact tracing program was announced Wednesday by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. The new program, with $10.5 million monetary support on top of technical support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, will build an online training program for contact tracers. According to a press release it will…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, April 21, 2020
It was announced at a mid-morning press conference Tuesday by New York Governor Cuomo that elective surgeries and treatments could resume in upstate hospitals that aren’t seeing a significant risk of a COVID-19 surge. According to Governor Cuomo, hospitals will be able to resume performing elective outpatient treatments if the hospital capacity is over 25%…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, April 20, 2020
As of today New York State has over 242,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, according to the state department of health. There are no new confirmed cases of the virus in Schuyler County, and according to health department officials the caseload stands at 9, with all cases having recovered. 236 people have been tested in…
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