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County Reports 102 New Cases Of COVID-19

The Chautauqua County Department of Health reported 102 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. Fifty-two of the cases came from the Jamestown zip code. There are currently 437 active cases of the virus in Chautauqua County as well as 33 people with COVID in the hospital, 1,284 people in quarantine and a seven-day positivity rate of 7.6%. To date there have been 11,938 confirmed cases, 11,320 recoveries and 181 virus-related deaths. There have been 2,505 cases recorded in the county since Aug. 1. Of those, 48% involve individuals who are not vaccinated, 13% fully vaccinated, 6% ...

Lawyer: New York Governor Uses God Unfairly In Vaccine Fight

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathleen Hochul has encouraged religious-minded people to get a COVID-19 vaccine by saying it is God's will that they get inoculated. A lawyer argued before a federal appeals court Wednesday that the Democrat's comments about God could be encouraging hospitals ...

Vaccine Mandate Impacts Facilities Locally

Heritage Ministries said it has lost 9% of its New York workforce leading up to Monday’s deadline requiring hospital and nursing home workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. The nonprofit organization that offers rehabilitation, skilled nursing and assisted living options at several ...

Hospitals In Many States Fear Worker Shortages

ALBANY — Some hospitals and nursing homes in New York began removing workers Monday for failing to meet a state-mandated deadline to get a COVID-19 vaccine as Gov. Kathy Hochul pleaded with holdouts to get 11th-hour inoculations. It was not clear Monday if a wave of suspensions and ...

Health-Care Vaccinations On Rise, Hochul Reports

As of late Monday night, New York state Gov. Kathy Hochul was reporting that the number of health-care workers receiving a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine had increased dramatically over the last month. In a news release, the governor offered these numbers: -- The percentage of nursing ...

Federal Judges: NYC Can Impose Vaccine Mandate On Teachers

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's largest school district can immediately impose a vaccine mandate on its teachers and other workers, after all, a federal appeals panel decided Monday, leading lawyers for teachers to say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. The city's Department of ...