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After only recently mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul will soon be requiring a new booster mandate. Yesterday in a press conference, Governor Hochul stated that health care workers will be given two weeks to get the shot after they are eligible and only medical exemptions will […]
Monroe County and RCSD are helping to make sure students get vaccinated to fight against COVID-19 by setting up vaccination clinics that starting today. Appointments need to be made in advance at a number of locations in the City of Rochester. RCSD says the list will be updated as they look to add even more […]
Last night, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans hosted a virtual teen town hall event. The goal of the teen town hall was to learn how the city can support its young people while listening to what they care about and what changes they want to see. Joining the conversation alongside Mayor Evans was NFL Super Bowl […]
In Mayor Malik Evans’s first few days of serving as the city’s mayor, Evans started his first full day in the office dealing with the deaths of two of his city’s youngest citizens; Derrick Watson and Julius Greer Jr. On Friday, Watson, age 17, died of COVID-19, and just two days later, Greer, age 14, […]
Congratulations to Rochester’s new Mayor, Malik Evans who was sworn in on New Year’s Day 2022. Due to the rising cases of covid 19 numbers in the Rochester area Mayor Evans held a virtual inauguration becoming the 71st mayor for the city of Rochester.
As children head back to school this week after a week-long winter break, many are nervous as the surge in COVID cases is making this challenging. According to the Rochester City School District, families and students were instructed to bring technology home in case of a shift to remote learning, and now, the head of […]
As COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing, rapid at-home tests are being heavily distributed by school districts and are available at some stores. While many who are testing positive are also seeking a confirmation PCR or antigen test – the results of which are more accurate but take longer, many are wondering what do you do […]
As students and teachers prepare to head back to school on Monday after winter break, the Monroe County Health Department is urging parents, students and teachers to get tested for COVID. Monroe County Health Officials are warning us that we could see over 2,000 COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks. Dr. Michael Mendoza, the Public […]
Yesterday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul shared in a press conference that the state is seeing an uprise in new COVID-19 cases as the omicron variant continues to cause a surge in cases. According to Governor Hochul, on Tuesday the state had 67,000 new cases, which has broken the record for the highest number […]
As we see the spike in COVID-19 affect our community, we have also seen it increasingly affect pediatric hospitalizations. According to the state, pediatric COVID cases have increased from 22 to 109 from the week of December 5 to the week of December 19 and pediatric hospitalizations have doubled statewide, from 70 cases to 184 […]