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Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
COVID-19: Teachers From Westchester Express Concerns About Schools Reopening COVID-19: Teachers From Westchester Express Concerns About Schools Reopening
Covid-19: Teachers From Westchester Express Concerns About Schools Reopening With schools in New York set to physically reopen in September, some teachers in the Hudson Valley have shown trepidation about returning to the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state health officials announced that due to low COVID-19 infection rates statewide, all schools would be permitted to resume in-person learning, albeit with certain restrictions in place. All 749 New York school districts were instructed to provide the state with guidance on how they planned to reopen and handle potential remote learning, testing, and contac…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
Schools
Westchester County Working Group Will Assist Schools In Fall Reopening Westchester County Working Group Will Assist Schools In Fall Reopening
Westchester County Working Group Will Assist Schools In Fall Reopening Perhaps the biggest decision Westchester County school districts have faced in recent weeks is how to safely reopen. A government task force is in place to help schools develop their plans providing support around the areas of public health, emergency preparedness and response. This working group will assist in the purchase of personal protective equipment, suggest vendors for Plexiglas dividers and signage, assist with contact tracing and develop a standardized frequently-asked-questions document for districts. “No one knows what we will be up against when our school districts start to re…

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by Donna Christopher
Rye, NY
Schools
COVID-19: Working Group Will Help Westchester School Districts With Reopening COVID-19: Working Group Will Help Westchester School Districts With Reopening
Covid-19: Working Group Will Help Westchester School Districts With Reopening Westchester County is establishing a working group that will help dictate what schools will look like in the fall when they reopen amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. County Executive George Latimer said that the working group will been designed to “further provide information and support around the areas of public health, emergency preparedness and response.” Latimer said the goal of the task force is to create a more efficient way to provide feedback for common issues that may arise as schools reopen in September. Among the issues being discussed is the purchase of Personal Pr…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
News
COVID-19: Healthcare Workers Not Showing Higher Rate Of Infection Than Public, Data Shows COVID-19: Healthcare Workers Not Showing Higher Rate Of Infection Than Public, Data Shows
Covid-19: Healthcare Workers Not Showing Higher Rate Of Infection Than Public, Data Shows Frontline healthcare workers in downstate New York are not being infected by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at a higher rate than the general public, according to new data. State officials tested more than 27,000 healthcare workers in 25 downstate hospitals to see how many workers had the antibodies indicating that they had tested positive for COVID-19 and then compared those numbers to the data from the general public. The survey found that 6.8 percent of Westchester healthcare workers tested positive for the antibodies, compared to 13.8 percent of the general population. On Long Island, 11.…

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by Zak Failla
Torrington, CT
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Virus May Linger In Closed, Crowded Spaces Longer Than Thought, New Study Finds COVID-19: Virus May Linger In Closed, Crowded Spaces Longer Than Thought, New Study Finds
Covid-19: Virus May Linger In Closed, Crowded Spaces Longer Than Thought, New Study Finds A new study found that the genetic material from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may linger in the air longer than initially thought in some settings, reigniting fears of the spread of the virus as states slowly begin the process of reopening. In a study from researchers in Wuhan, China, that was published this week in the journal Nature Research, they found that the virus may survive longer in the air or in rooms that lack ventilation and may attract crowds. The team detected elevated levels of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) in locations such as a small bathroom used by patients, and staff cha…

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by Zak Failla
Hamilton Township, NJ
Business
Princeton-Based Siemens Workers Make Face Shields For Monmouth Medical Staff, Police Princeton-Based Siemens Workers Make Face Shields For Monmouth Medical Staff, Police
Princeton-Based Siemens Workers Make Face Shields For Monmouth Medical Staff, Police Siemens Corporate Technology employees in Princeton are creating 3-D-printed and assembled face shields for healthcare workers at Monmouth Medical Center and for the Long Branch Police Department. Siemens hopes to produce 500 face shields weekly, a company spokeswoman said. More than 200 face shields have been shipped to the medical center in Long Branch.  “We want to acknowledge the corporate responsibility of Siemens Corporate Technology in supporting the project and the initiative of these employees in executing and continuing the project with the help of their family members. …

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by Jon Craig
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals 5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals
5 Deaths, 218 Coronavirus Cases Reported At NJ's State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals New Jersey's four psychiatric hospitals have 218 coronavirus cases including five fatalities, health officials said. The facility hit the hardest is Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, which reported 104 cases -- 81 employees and 23 patients, according to New Jersey health department spokeswoman Dawn Thomas.  One of those people died and 16 are in an acute-case hospital. Parsippany's Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital -- which had a total of 339 patients Friday -- 44 employees and 30 patients had COVID-19, Thomas said. At the state's largest psychiatric hospital, Ancora Psychiatric Hospit…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
News
COVID-19: Cuomo 'Concerned' As Long Island Cases Climb To 12,024 COVID-19: Cuomo 'Concerned' As Long Island Cases Climb To 12,024
Covid-19: Cuomo 'Concerned' As Long Island Cases Climb To 12,024 There was more than 1,400 new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in both Nassau and Suffolk as the total number of cases tops 10,000 in both counties, numbers New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called “concerning.” At his daily COVID-19 briefing on Friday, April 3, Cuomo confirmed that there were 1,437 new cases in Nassau, as the total rose to 12,024, and there were 1,408 new cases in Suffolk, bringing the total to 10,154 since the outbreak began. “We’ve been monitoring hotspots on a nightly basis so we can track the virus and see what’s happening. There are certain communities that have been…

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by Zak Failla
Harrison, NY
Business
COVID-19: Cuomo Calls On New York Businesses To Manufacture Masks, Gowns, Other PPE COVID-19: Cuomo Calls On New York Businesses To Manufacture Masks, Gowns, Other PPE
Covid-19: Cuomo Calls On New York Businesses To Manufacture Masks, Gowns, Other PPE All hands are on deck as New York prepares for the “Battle of the Mountaintop” against novel coronavirus (COVID-19). New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling on businesses capable of doing so to shift gears and begin manufacturing masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment to aid healthcare workers. “The cruelest irony is that this nation and so many others are reliant on China for so many of these products,” Cuomo said. “Many of these products in the normal marketplace were made in China, and now you have everyone shopping for PPE and ventilators.” Earlier story: COVID-19: 8…

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by Zak Failla
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents
Feds: Black Market Dealer Had Enough Supplies To Fill Hospital, Assaulted NJ FBI Agents A Brooklyn man caught hoarding enough black market medical supplies to “outfit an entire hospital” deliberately coughed on investigating FBI agents and told them he had the coronavirus, federal authorities said Monday. Baruch Feldheim, 43, violated an executive order issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week that makes it illegal to hoard certain scarce health and medical resources, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. These included N95 filtering face-piece respirators, personal protection equipment (PPE), surgical masks, disinfecting devices and ot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
News
Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56 Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56
Hoboken Hospital Projected To Run Out Of PPE Next Week, City Cases Shoot To 56 Sixteen new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Hoboken bringing the total to 56 -- including a police officer -- as of Thursday, officials said. The officer has not had contact with others in his department since March 11, Mayor Ravi Bhalla said. Hoboken University Medical Center Update is projected to run out of personal protective equipment (PPE) in six days, Hoboken 5th Ward Councilman Phil Cohen said. The hospital is nearly capacity of ventilators for critical patients. Also needed are N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns and gloves. Anyone who wants to donate can email MontanezW@ho…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
News
COVID-19: Murphy Calls For Cancellation Of Student Standardized Testing, Cases Jump To 3,675 COVID-19: Murphy Calls For Cancellation Of Student Standardized Testing, Cases Jump To 3,675
Covid-19: Murphy Calls For Cancellation Of Student Standardized Testing, Cases Jump To 3,675 New Jersey is the state with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the U.S., officials said said Tuesday as cases jumped to 3,675. Gov. Phil Murphy also announced he requested federal officials to waive student standardized testing in April (scroll for more on that). An additional 846 cases were announced in the state, along with 17 more coronavirus-related deaths for a total of 44 fatalities, Murphy and Health Commissioner Judy Pershichilli said. Nine of those fatalities were associated with longterm care facilities, Persichilli said. "While these numbers are sobering, th…

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by Cecilia Levine