Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’

Tompkins County is reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19, and a total of 179 active cases. One new patient has been hospitalized in Tompkins County. Schuyler County is reporting 7 new cases of the virus, and 26 active cases, and two current hospitalizations.

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…

The Tompkins County Health Department is reporting that three concerning variants of COVID-19 have appeared in Tompkins County. They are the variants commonly referred to as the U.K., New York City, and Southern California variant. The Health department is also reporting recent rise in COVID cases. On March 2nd, total active cases were at 76.…

  Cornell University is reporting a blatant disregard for COVID safety requirements among some of its student body. University President, Martha E. Pollock and Provost Michael Kotlikoff, wrote to Cornell’s students, calling the behavior disturbing.  The University has moved to an alert level yellow, seeing 74 positive cases emerge last week. Students are missing their…

New York State schools will be receiving $335 million dollars in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. The money will be spent to increase COVID testing in schools.   Right now, only about 57 out of 700 school districts in the state conduct testing for students or staff, according to NYSUT,…