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Covid-
19: New Testing Policy For 140,000 SUNY Students Announced
Before heading home for the holidays, State University of New York students will have to test negative for COVID-19. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced this week that in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to the rest of the country when students head home for Thanksgiving, they will first have to take the test at each of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Malatras said that schools will have until Thursday, Nov. 5 on how to test the entire student population of approximately 140,000 within 10 days of Thanksgiving break. Testing has also been recommended for staff and facult…
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Covid-
19: NY May Ditch Travel Quarantine List
New York is considering alternative options to its current COVID-19 travel advisory that mandates travelers from states with high COVID-19 infection rates enter a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Earlier story - COVID-19: NY Discourages Non-Essential Travel To, From NJ, CT; Adds Two States To Advisory With COVID-19 cases across the country mounting, 43 states have now been put on the travel advisory list, though with neighboring states seeing its infection rates rising, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been forced to consider alternate options. With the neighboring states of New Jersey, Connecti…
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Covid-
19: Nearly 200 Quarantine After Student Tests Positive At High School In Westchester
A potential super-spreader situation led to nearly 200 people entering a temporary quarantine after a high school student in the area tested positive for COVID-19. School officials in Westchester County at the Harrison School District announced that the student was last in the building on Friday, Oct. 9. The student became symptomatic on Sunday, Oct. 11, and received a COVID test on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The results weren’t shared with the district until this week. Following the notice of the positive case, the district and county Department of Health conducted contact tracing, leading to 1…
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Covid-
19: 29 Were In Contact With Westchester Student Who Tested Positive
One day after welcoming students back to some school buildings, a school district in Westchester is facing its first COVID-19 crisis. On Monday, Oct. 19, the New Rochelle School District transitioned to its hybrid learning model, with some of its youngest students returning to in-person learning. The following day, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, interim Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero announced that 29 students have been in contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. Those students have been instructed by the Westchester County Department of Health to quarantine for 14 days. All…
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Covid-
19: New Positive Case Reported At High School In Hudson Valley
A new positive case of COVID-19 has been reported at a high school in the Hudson Valley. The Monroe-Woodbury School District said that a Monroe-Woodbury High School student tested positive. As a result, the high school has switched to remote learning from Wednesday, Oct. 14 through Friday, Oct. 16. "We are working closely with the Orange County Department of Health to identify those students and staff who may have been exposed," Superintendent of Schools Elsie Rodriguez said in a statement. "If you do not receive a message, your child is not believed to have a risk of …
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Covid-
19: Two New Cases Reported At School District In Northern Westchester
Two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported at one of the largest school districts in Northern Westchester. The Bedford Central School District said it learned of the cases -- one from Fox Lane Middle School and the other at Fox Lane High School -- on Tuesday, Oct. 13. "The two individuals are from the same family and they are currently isolating, and due to federal health privacy laws further information about their identity cannot be released," BCSD Superintendent of Schools Joel Adelberg said in a statement to the school community. Students and staff who were potentially…
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Covid-
19: Iona College Goes Remote After Outbreak Of 60 New Cases
There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Iona College that has been to a single event. New Rochelle officials warned that there have been more than 60 confirmed COVID-19 cases, confined to the student body, with no indication of a spread to the community. In response, Iona has been working with Westchester County and the state to contact trace and quarantine the affected students. The college is also transitioning to remote learning for at least two weeks amid the outbreak. “Late last week, Iona’s surveillance testing identified an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases among certain at…
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Covid-
19: Marist College Put On Pause After Nine New Cases Linked To Off-Campus Party
Multiple COVID-19 cases contracted at an off-campus party led Marist College to suspend in-person classes and on-campus activities, according to the institution. Nine new cases were associated with the off-campus event, according to student reporters at the Marist Circle, bringing the total of documented cases among students since the fall semester began on Aug. 24 to 17 and bringing Marist's COVID-19 alert level to "yellow," according to the school's COVID-19 dashboard. Indicators used to determine alert levels include Number of cases among Marist College students Quarantine/…
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Covid-
19: Two More Schools In Northern Westchester Go Remote After Students Test Positive
Two more schools in the Hudson Valley are closed for in-person learning after positive cases of COVID-19. The Lakeland Central School District announced on Wednesday evening, Oct. 7 that it was notified earlier in the day that two students were identified as COVID-19 positive, one at Walter Panas High School, and one at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School. As a result, Walter Panas High School and Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School will be on fully remote instruction for Thursday, Oct. 8 and Friday, Oct. 9. Students and staff who were in contact with the infected students …
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Covid-
19: President Trump, First Lady Both Test Positive
Both President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. The president announced the news in a tweet shortly before 1 a.m. EST Friday, Oct. 2, writing: 'Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately." Shortly after, just before 1:30 a.m., the first lady tweeted: "As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying…
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Covid-
19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Travelers from one new state have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new state added on Tuesday, Sept. 29 is Colorado. Two states -- Arizona and Virginia -- were removed the advisory. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from those areas, all of which have sig…
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Covid-
19: New Positive Case Reported In Hudson Valley School
Another student and teacher in the Hudson Valley have tested positive for COVID-19, causing concerns for an area school district. Valley Central Schools Superintendent John Xanthis said over the weekend that a student at the Alternative Learning Center tested positive for the virus. A teacher at Valley Central Middle School has also tested positive for COVID-19. Xanthis said that the district has been in touch with the Orange County Department of Health, which has begun identifying and contacting the parents of students that were in “close contact” with the student. Close contact is…
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