Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’
Coronavirus Update, March 20, 2020
A new executive order dubbed “New York State on PAUSE” by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will make sweeping changes effective Sunday at 8pm. The New York Times reports that gatherings of any size deemed “Nonessential” are banned. 100% of the workforce must stay home, excluding essential services. The state classified essential businesses as the…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, March 19, 2020
There are no new confirmed cases of coronavirus, or COVID-19 in Tompkins county, so the total number of cases stands at 6. However, 224 test results are currently pending. New York State has reached over 4,000 total cases, according to the state Health Department. This comes as over 7,500 New Yorkers were tested for COVID-19…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, March 18, 2020
As of the time of broadcast (6PM) there are 6 confirmed cases of coronavirus, or COVID-19 in Tompkins county. There are zero confirmed cases in Schuyler County. New York State has reached over 2300 total cases, according to the state Health Department. Governor Cuomo will issue an Executive Order directing non-essential businesses to implement work…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, March 17, 2020
It was announced today that Ithaca College will be switching to remote instruction through the end of the semester, according to a message from President Shirley Collado. The school had planned to originally start up classes again on Monday, April 6th. Additionally, Ithaca College has set August 1st as the new target date for commencement.…
Read MoreCoronavirus Virtual Town Hall – March 16, 2020 [AUDIO]
On Monday, March 16 from 6-7pm WRFI held a virtual town hall meeting on the air and online. The program, our first ever call public call-in show, saw overwhelming interest from the community. The show broke the internet – or at least maxed out our our web-stream capacity. Luckily, you can listen to the whole…
Read MoreWRFI DJ Checks in from New Rochelle COVID-19 Containment Zone [AUDIO]
WRFI’s Michayla Savitt checks in with WRFI DJ Joe Romano of The Joe Show. He resides in the coronavirus containment zone in New Rochelle.
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, March 16, 2020
Effective 8PM Monday in New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut, crowd capacities must be reduced to 50 people, restaurants and bars will be takeout and delivery ONLY, Gyms will close, Movie theaters will close, and Casinos will close. That’s according to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Grocery stores will remain open. In the last…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update, March 12, 2020
Two local institutions have joined Cornell university and schools across the state in moving class instruction online this spring in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Ithaca College has extended its spring break by a week and is temporarily moving classes to online instruction. School president Shirley Collado announced the news in a letter to students…
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