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Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
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Covid-
19: Weekly Booster Shot Clinics Scheduled In Westchester
With federal officials paving the way for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to be administered to eligible Americans, Westchester is planning to host a series of weekly clinics to get more shots in arms. The Westchester County Department of Health announced that it will be holding Pfizer booster shot clinics weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 6. All booster shots will be administered by appointment only between 9 a.m. and noon each week at 134 Court St. in White Plains. Eligible New Yorkers include: Those 65 years and older; Anyone 18 and older who have underly…
Fairfield, CT
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Covid-
19: CT Lawmakers Approve Extension Of Lamont's Emergency Powers
Lawmakers in Connecticut have voted to extend Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers through early next year. The House voted 80 to 60 to extend Lamont's powers, while the Senate voted 18 to 15 on Tuesday, Sept. 28 with three absent to approve the measure. Lamont’s powers, which were put in place at the peak of the pandemic last March, were set to expire on Thursday, Sept. 30 before the lawmakers approved the extension. Earlier story - COVID-19: Here's How Much Longer Lamont Wants Executive Powers Extended Connecticut statutes require the state legislature to approve renewing his executive po…
Mount Vernon, NY
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Covid-
19: Hudson Valley Infection Rate Stays At Steady Rate; New Breakdown By County
Five new COVID-19-related fatalities were reported in the Hudson Valley region overnight as the positive infection rate continues to fluctuate. The average seven-day positive COVID-19 infection rate in the Hudson Valley rose to 3.57 percent of those tested on Tuesday, Sept. 14 down to 3.54 percent on Wednesday, Sept. 15 as the region continues attempting to curtail the spread of the virus. Following several days of seeing the infection rate drop, the statewide rate has risen from 3.11 percent to 3.16 percent in the latest update from the state Department of Health. In the region, there wer…
Massapequa, NY
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Covid-
19: Hochul Announces Series Of New Universal Mask Requirements In New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a series of universal mask requirements she said will help protect New Yorkers against the highly contagious Delta variant and the surge in COVID-19 infections statewide. Mask mandates for children in New York are being expanded to include children in child care and daycare centers as the number of new infections in kids rises across the country. During her latest COVID briefing on Wednesday, Sept. 15 in Albany, Hochul announced the new mandates that will impact children still too young to be eligible for the vaccine. Beginning on Sept. 15, child care, daycare c…
Fairfield, CT
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Covid-
19: Infection Rate Near 2 Percent; Hospitalizations Down In CT; New Breakdown Of Cases
Hundreds of unvaccinated patients in Connecticut are being treated for COVID-19 in state hospitals as the number of new cases continues to mount. In the latest update from the state Department of Health, 57,631 COVID-19 tests were administered across the state over the weekend beginning on Friday, Sept. 10, resulting in 1,348 laboratory-confirmed cases for a 2.34 positive infection rate, which continues dropping. Thirty-seven more COVID-19 patients were discharged from Connecticut hospitals, leaving 327 - 236 (72.2 percent) - still being treated for the virus across the state. In the late…
Massapequa, NY
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Covid-
19: Long Island Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community
The positive COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island was back on the rise after seeing a slight reprieve over the holiday weekend as the country continues to combat the spread of mutations of the virus. After seeing the average seven-day infection rate settle at 4.26 percent for several days, it rose on Tuesday, Sept. 7 to 4.40 percent of those tested in the region, according to the New York State Department of Health. Statewide, the infection rate is also climbing, from 3.27 percent to 3.34 percent on Sept. 7. In Suffolk, 437 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the latest updat…
Peekskill, NY
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Covid-
19: Here's When Vaccine Rollout May Start For Kids Ages 5 To 11
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could be available to children ages 5 and older late in the fall or early this winter, according to a company board member. Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that he believes the company's COVID vaccine will be approved for emergency use for children ages 5 to 11 sometime this fall or winter. Gottlieb told the news outlet that the application will likely be submitted to the FDA in October. He said the FDA will likely take four-to-six weeks to review the application, so the emergency use authorization c…
Vernon-Rockville, CT
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Covid-
19: Infection Rate Back Below 3 Percent In CT; Latest Breakdown Of Cases By County
The positive COVID-19 infection rate in Connecticut was back down below 3 percent as the state continues to contend with new variants of the virus. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that there were 23,994 COVID-19 tests administered on Tuesday, Aug. 31, resulting in 712 new laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus. The 2.97 percent infection rate comes after days of the Department of Public Health recording rates exceeding 3 percent and peaking near 5 percent over the past month. Three COVID-19 patients were discharged from Connecticut hospitals, leaving 360 still being treated for the virus…
Hackensack, NJ
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Anti-Vax Podcast Star Joe Rogan: ‘I GOT COVID’
Podcast star Joe Rogan – who was blasted by the Biden Administration earlier this year for telling young people not to get vaccinated -- told his millions of followers on Wednesday, "I GOT COVID." The Newark-born comedian, who hosts the hugely popular Spotify podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience," told his 13 million Instagram followers that he was using a drug that health experts have urged the public to avoid. Rogan, 54, said in the video (see below) that he has “fevers and sweats” and “threw the kitchen sink” at the illness – including monoclonal antibodies and ivermectin, which is ordinari…
Lyndhurst, NJ
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‘Anti-Vax Momma’: Stripper From Bergen Busted For Selling Bogus COVID Cards On Instagram
A celebrity Instagram stripper from Bergen County who called herself “Anti-Vax Momma” was charged by federal authorities with selling forged COVID vaccine cards online. Jasmine Clifford, 31, of Lyndhurst sold 250 or so phony Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine cards for $200 each, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. said Tuesday. Doing the math, that’s $50,000. Clifford – known as “5Star Jazzi” -- also connected customers to Nadayza Barkley, 27, who worked in a medical office on Long Island and added the names of 10 or so buyers to a state vaccine database for a…
Massapequa, NY
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Covid-
19: Long Island Sees New Infection-Rate Increase; Latest Breakdown By Community
The positive COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island continues to rise, hovering above 4 percent as New York contends with the Delta variant of the virus. For the third straight day, the seven-day average COVID-19 infection rate on Long Island rose, from 4.30 percent to 4.31 percent, to 4.35 percent in the most recent data released by the state Department of Health. Statewide, over the past three days, the average infection rate dropped from 3.32 percent to 3.29 percent and back up to 3.31 percent on Sunday, Aug. 29, well below the rate on Long Island. Eighteen new COVID-19-related deaths w…
Pleasantville, NY
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Covid-
19: Hudson Valley Infection-Rate Stays Steadily High; New Breakdown By County
The Hudson Valley saw a slight dip in its COVID-19 infection rate, though the region remains concerned about new variants of the virus. According to the latest update from the state Department of Health, the positive COVID-19 infection rate of those tested was down slightly to 3.50 as the statewide rate rose from 3.13 percent to 3.18 percent. In the Hudson Valley, two new virus-related deaths were reported in Orange County, with one in both Ulster and Westchester counties. Other new COVID-19 deaths were reported in the Bronx (four), Suffolk, and Queens (three), Nassau County (two), with si…
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