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September 23, 2020. Today, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the individual saliva swab diagnostic test for COVID-19 developed by SUNY Upstate Medical University and Quadrant Biosciences for emergency use. The saliva swab test has been used to conduct testing at all SUNY campuses and this approval allows us to expand the use of […]

ALBANY – With no new information from the state on how sweeping aid cuts will impact Albany City Schools, more than 200 teachers, administrators, and staff will lose their jobs on Friday. Source: Albany City Schools to cut jobs of over 200 teachers, administrators

Source: North Country election boards seeing double the number of absentee ballot applications | NCPR News

Source: The second stage of the federal PPP program: loan forgiveness paperwork – VTDigger

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Here are today’s Clinton County, NY COVID-19 case counts. CCHD has received numerous calls from residents asking if they should be tested for COVID-19. Not everyone needs to be tested for COVID-19, including close contacts of confirmed positive cases (individuals placed on quarantine). To determine if you should be tested for COVID-19, contact your health […]

Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania, and Vermont, is pleased to announce that is has raised over $333,000 for JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) during its annual campaign.  This year marks the 50th year JDRF is embarking on a campaign to find a cure […]

Source: 7 mistakes to avoid so your NY absentee ballot will count – syracuse.com

Source: Syracuse, Cornell mandate student flu shots to avoid ‘twindemic’ of flu, coronavirus – syracuse.com

Source: Syracuse University asked to reinstate prof who called coronavirus ‘Wuhan flu’ – syracuse.com

Source: CDC recommends not doing traditional trick-or-treating for Halloween – syracuse.com

Source: CVPH staff member being treated at hospital for COVID-19

A website launched by the New York State Office for the Aging, in partnership with Bellage Inc. and the Association of Aging in New York was featured in today’s Press-Republican. It’s a self-check-up tool for older people to evaluate their COVID-19 risk. Click here to visit. The process takes about 5 to 10 minutes. 

September 22, 2020. Today the United States crossed a tragic milestone — 200,000 Americans have died of COVID. It is an immeasurable loss: These Americans were mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors. We mourn the gaping hole in the hearts of their loved ones and for the wound inflicted […]

Source: NY changes nursing home visitation rules | Sun Community News ALBANY | New York has revised their nursing home visitation rules, allowing COVID tested visitors in facilities without a positive case in 14 days rather than 28.

Source: Two Covid cases hit Essex County government | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN |Two cases of Covid-19 in Essex County government appear to have been contained, after health officials took aggressive action to make sure the disease didn’t spread further, Su

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik   Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik voted in favor of the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act, legislation she co-sponsored. This bill establishes a series of programs relating to the behavioral health of public-safety officers. It establishes a national database at the CDC on suicide incidences and […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Here are today’s Clinton County, NY COVID-19 case counts. Contact tracing associated with two recent lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Clinton County is ongoing. If you believe you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, contact your health care provider. For information on symptoms of COVID-19, visit https://bit.ly/3clPpdm. Residents are encouraged to continue taking preventive steps, […]

Roughly fifty (50) people are quarantining for fourteen (14) days. Within these people include an administrator, school nurse, per diem school nurse, numerous Beekmantown Elementary School teachers, a Cumberland Head Elementary School teacher, two Beekmantown Middle School teachers, and an office assistant to name a few. Nine (9) people were sent by the Clinton County […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce On Sept. 11, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued revisions to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act regulations, which implement paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave. FFCRA requires private-sector employers with fewer than 500 employees and certain public employers to provide covered […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce Quebec health officials saw a spike in the number of COVID-19 infections and decided on Sunday to move three zones, including the island of Montreal, into “alert.” The zones, the island of Montreal, part of the Capitale-Nationale region, including Quebec City, and the Chaudière-Appalaches region south of the […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce States added: Arizona Minnesota Nevada Rhode Island Wyoming The governor also announced that New York State has now conducted 10 million COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The number of new cases, the percentage of tests that were positive and many other helpful data points are always available at forward.ny.gov. “For a […]

Source: First wave of Onondaga County job cuts hits library hardest – syracuse.com

Source: Meadowbrook announces positive employee COVID test | Sun Community News Nursing employee in subacute unit undergoing self-quarantine