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Huntington Hospital will shut down most visitation starting Thursday because of the spread of Covid-19. A partner will be allowed for patients in labor and delivery, and a visitor can attend to someone in end of life care. Otherwise, no visitors will be permitted, the hospital 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 …
Starting Monday, masks will be required for all indoor public spaces unless the venue has a vaccine requirement, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. The governor said that the move was meant to address a surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. Hochul had said Thursday that Read More …
New York State has found five cases of residents infected with the omicron variant of Covid-19, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday night. All five cases have been found in the New York City area, including one in Suffolk involving a woman who recently returned from Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that 60 National Guard medical teams will deploy to various long-term care facility locations across New York. “As the weather gets colder and friends and family gather indoors for the holiday season, the risk of a winter spike in COVID-19 Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order Friday to allow the Department of Health to limit non-essential procedures in an effort to limit potential Covid-19 spikes this winter. The order will allow the limitations until at least Jan. 15. The new protocols will begin Dec. 3, Read More …
Lori Donahue doesn’t have to think back to March 2020 when she first developed Covid-19 to remember the debilitating effects of the virus. Some of them are still with the Nassau County resident, 20 months after she was infected, and manifest in strange ways, from Read More …
The state has 10 mass vaccination sites that offer COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 years old. More than 50,000 of New York’s younger residents have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The following locations administer the vaccine to this age Read More …
Last week, I was Covid testing a young child outside my office when a woman driving by shouted at my patient’s mother.: “You might want to reconsider getting your child tested- 99.99 percent of children survive Covid!!” As shocking as that unsolicited drive-by intrusion was, Read More …