Month: December 2021

Hochul reinstitutes statewide mask mandate
News

Hochul reinstitutes statewide mask mandate

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday, Dec. 10, that masks will be required to be worn in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. This is a major action to address the winter surge as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise statewide—to be in alignment with […]

State identifies 4 more omicron variant cases
Features

State identifies 4 more omicron variant cases

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Dec. 6 the detection of four more confirmed cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant in New York State, for a total of 12 confirmed cases. The cases have been confirmed through sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by the state Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center. Two of […]