COVID-19
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The Biden Administration have announced that 60,000 food pantries and over 1,300 community centers will be receiving high quality masks from the government over the next few months. The masks will be reusable and come in adult and child sizes. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients gave a statement addressing the new initiative: “Not […]
Yesterday, Wegmans announced that it would be able to begin distributing vaccinations to two groups: those 65 and older and its own pharmacy employees. Until the infrastructure is tested, the company will only be administering the vaccine to these groups until told otherwise. If you are over 65, you an use this link here to […]
Yesterday, the U.S. declared that 500,000 lives have been lost due to COVID-19. President Joe Biden and his administration honored their lives with a moment of silence. Before the ceremony was held, he gave a speech, saying: “Today we mark a truly heartbreaking milestone: 500,071 dead. That’s more Americans who have died in one year […]
There’s a new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination spot in Rochester, located in the Pamela Jackson R Center. Officials reported that hundreds of people were lining up to receive their inoculations. Dr. Robert Mayo, Chief Medical officer for Rochester Regional Health gave a statement, saying: “It’s really heartwarming to talk to the patients they are expressing a […]
Shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine to New York have been delayed due to the inclement weather that the region has faced in the past week. The week 10 deliveries were supposed to arrive between Feb. 12 & Feb 21st but wont be here until next week at the earliest. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released […]
The Perseverance Rover has just successfully landed on Mars after traveling almost 300 million miles. The rover, nicknamed “Percy” by mission control, left Earth around 6 months and finally touched down onto the surface of mars, sending back this photo: Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dkM9jE9I6X — NASA’s Perseverance Mars […]
Yesterday, the Cinema Theater on South Clinton Ave. made an announcement on their website that said they’d be closing their doors for good: Hello friends, We (Audrey and Alex) have made the difficult decision to close the Cinema Theater. Our lease was up for renewal in January, and given the current climate, we couldn’t see […]
There will be a mass vaccination site coming in the next few weeks in Rochester. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday there will be multiple pop-up sites across the state. There will also be four mass vaccination sites that will be run jointly with FEMA next month across the state. There will be a location in […]
While stressing that he “didn’t want to over promise here,” President Joe Biden mentioned that he thinks the country could be somewhat back to normal by Christmas. He commented on the fact that the current vaccinations and herd immunity were doing their jobs, and the ability to spread the disease is going to diminish over […]
According to officials at the West Irondiquoit Central School District, there have been positive cases of COVID-19 traced back to their basketball program. They released a statement that said: “As with any positive case in our district, we are working with and receiving guidance from the Monroe County Department of Public Health. That assistance pertains […]
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