City of Rochester
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After taking office just only a few days ago, Rochester Mayor James Smith is in quarantine after testing positive for the COVID-19. Smith has been working from his apartment in the Park Avenue neighborhood since testing. Smith is vaccinated and just recently received his booster shot. Mayor James Smith was originally the city’s deputy mayor. […]
As of yesterday, there are now nine confirmed omicron cases in five states. A couple of days ago, health officials from Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, and New York all reported new cases of the variant strain of COVID-19, just one day after the first case of the variant was discovered in California. Health Director Dr. Elizabeth […]
As of yesterday, New York’s State of emergency entered into effect as the National Guard moved in. Now that the National Guard has arrived, hospitals can pause elective surgeries to make room for an influx of COVID patients. Starting today, National Guard members will be stationed at Monroe Community Hospital. In a statement, Monroe County […]
After the state of emergency was announced in Monroe County, Governor Kathy Hochul is sending members of the National Guard to Monroe County to help alleviate nursing home staffing shortages. Yesterday, Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin made the announcement for Monroe County in Rochester. Benjamin stated: “We are also looking at more folks of the National […]
Since the rise of COVID cases and hospitalizations, Monroe County has declared a State of Emergency and “common-sense” approaches. According to Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, there are 511 new COVID cases, 443 hospitalizations (up 14 from Monday), 108 of those patients are in the ICU (up by four from the previous day), and that […]
Now that the new COVID-19 variant omicron has made an appearance in Canada, New York Governor Kathy Hochul gave a briefing yesterday to address upcoming concerns. Since there is a concern of a holiday surge, Hochul and the New York Department of Health instructed hospitals to limit non-essential surgeries to ensure capacity. This cease will […]
Jocelyn R. of Monroe County is among others the first-round winners for the state’s ‘Vaccinate, Educate, Graduate’ vaccine incentive program. This new incentive program allows for parents and guardians of ages 5-11 to take their child to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by December 19 in order to be entered into a drawing for […]
On Friday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced an executive order aimed at boosting hospital capacity. This order is aimed at helping the potential winter spike in COVID-19 cases, as well as warnings about a new and highly transmissible coronavirus variant known as “omicron,” which has not yet been detected in New York. As of […]
Happy Thanksgiving! To kick off the morning, you can head over to Webster to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Turkey Trot. The run will begin this morning at Webster Park at 10 am. The Turkey Trot is the 2nd largest running event in Rochester, with the Corporate Challenge leading the trot. According to the […]
Following the news of Erie County’s mask mandate, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello spoke on the Monore County’s plans. As of right now, Bello said there’s no plan at this time to issue a mask mandate or any other restrictions locally. However, this could change at any given time. According to Bello, the county officials […]