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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the students at SUNY and CUNY schools will be required to get Covid-19 booster as of Jan. 15. Students will also have to go for mandatory pre-testing ahead of their semester return, which will apply to all students who plan Read More …
The New York State Department of Health offers an explanation of how the Excelsior Pass program works. The pass, which contains Covid-19 vaccination information, is available for free. Here are the details. Paramount Cancels Show The Paramount canceled Friday night’s Jessie’s Girl New Year’s Eve Read More …
Residents lined up at pharmacies around Huntington Tuesday to get tested for Covid-19. Among the sites offering the test were Value Drugs in Greenlawn and Lantern Pharmacy on Wall Street in Huntington. Several other drugstores posted “no testing” signs alongside notes reminding people to get Read More …
New York State is providing a search tool for residents who want to take a Covid-19 test. Meanwhile, News12 reported that people with confirmed appointments for tests began arriving at the IBEW Local 25 headquarters in Hauppauge Monday morning, even though the testing site doesn’t Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Wednesday that makes it a crime to forge a Covid-19 vaccination card. The bill, S.4516-C/A.7536-B, makes the falsification of COVID-19 Vaccination Cards a class A misdemeanor. Anyone convicted of the crime faces up to 1 year in jail or 3 years’ Read More …
Residents lined up in their vehicles at Huntington Hospital Thursday morning for Covid-19 tests. The hospital began offering the tests at 7 a.m. Drivers were directed first into a parking lot by the hospital for paperwork and then across the street at 30 View Acre Read More …
Long Island’s Covid-19 infection rate continues to soar, officials said Tuesday, as the virus continues to spread through the newest variant. “Cases are rising due to the winter surge, but this is not March 2020 – we knew this was coming and New York is taking Read More …
The January High School Regents Examinations are cancelled because of the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa said Tuesday. This cancellation applies to all Regents Examinations that had been scheduled for January. No decisions have been made regarding the June and August Read More …
The number of Covid-19 patients at Huntington Hospital rose to 45 on Monday. Experts attribute the rise in cases and deaths to an increase in indoor gatherings, from waning immunity from the vaccinations and the spread of both the Delta and Omicron variants. Town Clerk Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul reported the following Covid-19 updates on Sunday, as the state recorded a sharp spike in cases, attributed to indoor gatherings and waning immunity, and the omicron variant on top of the delta variant. Test Results Reported – 267,422 Total Positive – 22,478 Percent Positive – 8.41% 7-Day Average Read More …