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On Monday, residents and staff at local senior homes were among the first in our community to get the vaccine administered. Becky Cavellier, a Physical Therapy Clinical Coordinator at the Jewish Senior Life home in Brighton had this to say: It was pretty easy, filled out paperwork the shot took like 5 seconds, it didn’t […]
Starting Tuesday December 22th, R-Center staff will begin distributing PPE kits along with meals. Each kit contains a 2-ounce bottle of hand sanitizer and three masks. City residents who are not seeking meals are also free to come to the R-Centers and request a PPE kit only. PPE kits will be limited to one per […]
On Thursday in Monroe County, there were over 700 new cases of COVID-19 reported, the highest to date since the beginning of the pandemic. Health experts are concerned that with the Christmas holiday approaching, the numbers will continue to grow into the new year. Governor Cuomo mentioned our region during his press briefing, saying: “The […]
Here’s something that State Health officials in Wisconsin shouldn’t have to tell it’s citizens. Wisconsin health officials urging people to stop eating Cannibal sandwiches. Now you ask what’s a Cannibal sandwich? A Cannibal sandwich also known as tiger meat is raw ground beef with sliced raw onions on rye bread. Sounds like instant illness with […]
Reports indicate that the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine will be arriving in Monroe County sometimes this week. The way things are scheduled out, the nursing home residents who are scheduled to receive the inoculations first, won’t be able to get them for at least another week after they arrive. Before they can get the vaccine, the […]
Yesterday from 10 am to 3 pm, Monroe County distributed rapid COVID-19 tests so that salons could reopen this week. One of the guidelines to re open salons in the orange zone is that the stylists have to test negative for the coronavirus. “The ability to provide them the resources they need to be able […]
COVID-19 Rates in Monroe County have continued to grow, seeing at least 600 new cases & 6 new deaths on Friday. In response to the upward trend in infection rates New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that there are going to be updates to the metrics on what determines red, orange and yellow zones. While […]
Miracles do happen, thanks to lots of prayers for singer Jeremih. After battling Covid19 in intensive care, the 33-year-old singer is back on social media. Jeremih took to Twitter to thank everyone for the love and share his fresh haircut. THANK GOD IM STILL HERE, THANK YA’LL FOR THE 🙏🏾 UP #imbackkkk pic.twitter.com/Symo8dhCFp — Jeremih […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced New York state is expecting to receive 170,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine starting this weekend. The federal government, the state will distribute them to each region based on the population of nursing home residents. Staff members and high-risk hospital workers. Those individuals will receive the vaccine first, according to the […]
President Elect Joe Biden has announced his three step approach to try and shut down the coronavirus pandemic. The spearhead of the campaign lies in 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. He also pledged to sign a bill making face masks mandatory and coming up with an idea to get kids […]
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