The first month of weekly COVID-19 testing of students, teachers and staff in Westchester’s schools designed to avoid shutdowns has yielded a minuscule fraction of positive cases. County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler and First Deputy Commissioner Renee Recchia reported
Read MoreBy Martin Wilbur and Rick Pezzullo A noticeable drop in the number of COVID-19 cases locally and throughout the state has officials hopeful that the summer surge fueled by the Delta variant may be waning. Westchester reported that the active
Read MoreNew York State’s vaccine mandate for all health care workers is now in effect, with the state bracing for possible staffing shortages. In a final plea to convince vaccine holdouts to get the jab, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday it
Read MoreWestchester County officials continue to keep a wary eye on the progression of COVID-19 cases as the number of active infections as most schools are set to reopen on or about Sept. 1. Through Sunday, there were 2,398 active COVID
Read MoreGov. Andrew Cuomo urged local governments on Monday to institute a mask-wearing policy and for private businesses to run a vaccine-only establishment for admittance in many circumstances in hopes of stopping an explosion of COVID-19 infections. Fueled by the Delta variant,
Read MoreWestchester County has been awarded a $3.76 million federal grant to increase health literacy to help underserved communities within the county combat COVID-19 more effectively. The Department of Health and Human Services through its Office of Minority Health approved the
Read MoreWestchester County is considering tightening its mask policy for people entering county-owned facilities to try and slow down the accelerating number of COVID-19 cases. County Executive George Latimer said Monday that sometime this week there may be new guidelines for
Read MoreCOVID-19 infections throughout Westchester County continue to rise, with the number of active cases having more than doubled in the past three weeks as numbers of newly vaccinated people have slowed to a trickle. By Sunday, Westchester had seen an
Read MoreThere’s the inclination to try and put COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, but the coronavirus clearly is not yet ready to go in Westchester County. An uptick in infections during the past two weeks both locally and statewide have officials
Read MoreThe more than 15-month COVID-19 state of emergency in New York State expired Thursday a week after the state eclipsed the 70 percent vaccination threshold. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who made the announcement Wednesday, said that while the emergency will end
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