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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 […]
The beloved New Orleans stage and screen actress Carol Sutton has passed away from complications due to COVID-19. She was 76 years old. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell gave a statement regarding the passing of this entertainment icon: “The world may recognize her from her performances in movies and on TV — whether it’s ‘Treme’ […]
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 […]
Today is the last day in the extension that RCSD gave for a parent survey that asks about returning to in person learning in 2021. The district needs all the parents to respond by today, December 11. On Wednesday, 85% of elementary students were accounted for but only 69% of middle and high school students […]
Welp, it was a matter of time before one of the pharmaceutical companies got hacked. On Wednesday Pfizer-BioNTech announced documents were “unlawfully accessed” during a cyberattack. The hack accessed data on the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. The European Medicines Agency reported it was hacked but did not release any details about the attack. Both […]
Remember the scientist in Florida Rebekah Jones that accused the U.S. Department of Health of changing COVID-19 numbers. She said the reason they were changing the data was to keep Florida from going into a lockdown. Jones was then fired from her position with the Department of Health back in May because of the accusations. […]
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 […]
The number of COIVD-19 cases across the nation has passed 200,000 per day and Health and Human Services secretary, Alex Azar, says it is mostly because of: “Behavior and cold weather. People are going indoors, they’re not minding the three W’s. Our advice is always the same. Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face […]
Yesterday marked the first official day that the asymptomatic testing locations at were open to the public in Monroe County. Hundreds of people drove to East High school on E Main St. to see if they were carrying the coronavirus at the cities newest rapid testing site. The new testing sites highlight an improvement in […]
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