Mayor Eddie Sundquist is asking for patience as city departments deal with a rising number of COVID-19 cases. The city had limited plowing crews available over the weekend when some city streets became icy while the city is also seeing increased overtime in the police and fire departments. ...
ALBANY (AP) — New York will no longer require local health departments to conduct contact tracing for people who test positive for COVID-19, state health officials said Tuesday. The shift will help public health staff across New York focus on testing and vaccination, Health Commissioner ...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Chautauqua County skyrocketed last week, with 265 cases reported on average each day. Between Jan. 2 and Jan. 8, the county Health Department reported 1,855 cases. That comes as at-home test kits have been widely more available locally. By comparison, there were 852 cases reported the week ending Jan. 1; 544 cases the week ending Dec. 25; 689 the week ending Dec. 18; 726 the week ending Dec. 11; and 872 the week ending Dec. 4. As of Saturday there were 1,384 active cases of the virus among county residents, an increase of nearly 500 from ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge. The White House announced Wednesday that a dedicated stream of 5 million rapid tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests will be made ...
Chautauqua County is distributing at home COVID-19 test kits and KN95 masks, which it received from New York state, to local municipalities. The municipalities that requested the test kits and masks will then organize their own distribution efforts to get the items out to their residents. This effort is part of Chautauqua County’s multi-layered approach to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during this period of heightened community transmission. The goal is to get test kits and facemasks out to residents of Chautauqua County in an equitable and efficient manner. The city of ...
At-home COVID-19 test kits and face masks are being given to local municipalities for distribution to area residents. The effort comes as Chautauqua County has been averaging more than 260 new confirmed cases of the virus each day. In Jamestown, 500 test kits were available to city residents ...
