Domestic travelers to New York no longer have to quarantine if they're fully vaccinated for COVID
3 years, 10 months ago

Domestic travelers to New York no longer have to quarantine if they're fully vaccinated for COVID

Daily Mail  

Domestic travelers to New York will no longer be required to quarantine if they can provide proof that they've been fully vaccinated within the past 90 days. Domestic travelers to New York will no longer be required to quarantine if they can provide proof that they've been fully vaccinated within the past 90 days, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday Going forward, domestic travelers will no longer be subject to that quarantine rule if they prove they are 'within 90 days of full vaccination'. Cuomo made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday, his first official briefing on the state's progress with the virus in nearly two weeks In early February New York announced that fully vaccinated people would not have to quarantine after exposure to a person infected with COVID-19 - mirroring CDC guidelines. Pictured: People line up outside the Javits Center in New York to receive a vaccine on Tuesday Wednesday's 40-minute briefing took a bizarre turn later on when Cuomo choked up as he apologized over sexual harassment claims but insisted he never touched 'anyone' and vowed to fully cooperate with the state attorney general's investigation into him. Wednesday's 40-minute briefing took a bizarre turn later on when Cuomo choked up as he apologized over sexual harassment claims but insisted he never touched 'anyone' and vowed to fully cooperate with the state attorney general's investigation into him CUOMO'S STATEMENT ON SEX HARASSMENT SCANDAL IN FULL I want to address the recent allegations that have been made against me.

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Cuomo testifies before House committee that accused him of COVID-19 cover up
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Cuomo testifies before House committee that accused him of COVID-19 cover up

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Andrew Cuomo began testifying publicly Tuesday before a …

NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees
1 year, 11 months ago

NYC ending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. We’re grateful that we can now, as we leave the emergency phase of the pandemic, modify more of …

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy
2 years, 10 months ago

Big cities drop more COVID-19 measures in push for normalcy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City and Los Angeles are lifting some of their strictest COVID-19 prevention measures as officials in big cities around the U.S. push for a return to normalcy after two grueling years of the pandemic. New York City, which has long prided itself as having the nation’s toughest COVID-19 safety protocols, will do away with several …

Is NYC ready to move on from COVID? Depends on who you ask
2 years, 10 months ago

Is NYC ready to move on from COVID? Depends on who you ask

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — From the frightening, grief-filled early days of the pandemic until perhaps even now, a return to normalcy seemed so out of reach in New York City, where people kept breathing through masks and avoiding indoor gatherings even as other places abandoned COVID-19 safety protocols. “There are peer pressure issues that we all know exist in school,” she …

Fox News drops testing option for office workers and will require vaccination
3 years ago

Fox News drops testing option for office workers and will require vaccination

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Employees in Fox News’s …

For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday
3 years, 1 month ago

For NYC businesses, vaccine mandates put damper on holiday

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A surprise year-end decree by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordering virtually all businesses in his city to get workers vaccinated has sowed confusion and frustration — and could set off a mad holiday dash to force vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. “I’m not going to lose a good employee because of …

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated
3 years, 3 months ago

Some US governors say Covid hospitalizations are going down but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated

CNN  

CNN — Some governors are beginning to report encouraging signs in their state’s Covid-19 numbers, but warn of what could come next if more people don’t get vaccinated. Kaiser noted that the bulk of the interviews for September’s poll happened before Pfizer announced on September 20 that its Covid-19 vaccine was safe and generated a “robust” antibody response in children …

New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts
3 years, 3 months ago

New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers leads to suspension of hundreds of holdouts

CNN  

New York CNN — Hundreds of unvaccinated health care workers across New York were suspended Tuesday and could soon lose their jobs entirely as the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers went into effect overnight. “This new information shows that holding firm on the vaccine mandate for health care workers is simply the right thing to do to …

New York May Use The National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers
3 years, 3 months ago

New York May Use The National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

NPR  

New York May Use The National Guard To Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Cindy Ord/Getty Images Cindy Ord/Getty Images New York state officials are bracing for staffing shortages when the state's health care worker vaccination mandate takes effect on Monday, and could be looking to the National Guard — as well as medical professionals from …

NY to require state employees to get vaccines, or get tested
3 years, 5 months ago

NY to require state employees to get vaccines, or get tested

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will require state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Labor Day or undergo weekly tests for COVID-19, Gov. Some unions representing government workers in New York City have objected to the city’s “get vaccinated or get tested” mandate set to take effect in mid-September. CSEA President Mary Sullivan, whose union represents New York …

NY lifts more COVID-19 rules as it hits vaccination mark
3 years, 6 months ago

NY lifts more COVID-19 rules as it hits vaccination mark

Associated Press  

Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate by easing many of its remaining social distancing rules and shooting off fireworks. But Cuomo said New York would remember Tuesday, June 15 — also the birthdate of his late father, …

COVID-19 Stories: Quarantined in NYC – have we become pictures on a screen?
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 Stories: Quarantined in NYC – have we become pictures on a screen?

Hindustan Times  

The author Sambhavna Dhawan Khanna is a dentist based in New York City. Working in people’s mouths; there could be a possibility of carrying infection back home especially since this virus resided in the upper respiratory tract; I began to doubt my professional choices for a moment. No one ever thought that a ‘disposable mask’ would become something so essential …

Mobile vaccine clinic focuses on Black, Latino residents
3 years, 8 months ago

Mobile vaccine clinic focuses on Black, Latino residents

Associated Press  

A mobile vaccination effort that is slated to administer 500 COVID-19 immunizations per day rolled into East Boston on Saturday. The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in New Hampshire decreased over the past two weeks, going from 424 new cases per day on April 8 to 332 new cases per day on Thursday. The Maine CDC reported Saturday …

New York's Incarcerated Need The Vaccine. Cuomo Isn't Giving It To Them.
3 years, 10 months ago

New York's Incarcerated Need The Vaccine. Cuomo Isn't Giving It To Them.

Huff Post  

A growing coalition of public health professionals and criminal justice advocates are calling on New York Gov. “The people in New York’s jails and prisons are overwhelmingly from Black and brown communities, and it’s a moral imperative that they have immediate access to the vaccine.” On Jan. 12, people 65 and older became eligible to be vaccinated, which in theory …

Cuomo Faces Intensifying Accusations Of Covering Up COVID-19 Nursing Home Death Toll
3 years, 10 months ago

Cuomo Faces Intensifying Accusations Of Covering Up COVID-19 Nursing Home Death Toll

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. “The governor’s lack of transparency and stonewalling regarding his administration’s nursing home actions is unacceptable,” said state Sen. John Mannion, one of 14 Democratic state senators who said Friday that Cuomo’s expanded emergency powers should be repealed as soon as possible. The higher death tolls were only divulged hours after a …

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
3 years, 10 months ago

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press. The new number of 9,056 recovering patients sent to hundreds of nursing homes is more …

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
3 years, 10 months ago

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 9,000 recovering …

New York to ease some covid-19 restrictions as cases decline
3 years, 11 months ago

New York to ease some covid-19 restrictions as cases decline

Live Mint  

New York will start relaxing economic restrictions that were imposed after Thanksgiving to respond to an increase in novel coronavirus cases, Gov. He also said the state Health Department would review other restrictions that cover parts of New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and New Rochelle. Mr. Cuomo said he wasn’t re-examining the state’s ban on indoor dining in New …

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a crime to sell or administer Covid-19 vaccines to people who are trying to skip the line
4 years ago

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to make it a crime to sell or administer Covid-19 vaccines to people who are trying to skip the line

CNN  

New York CNN — New York Gov. But I do believe it should be criminal and I’m going to propose a law to that effect.” Cuomo’s announcement comes just over a week after a New York-based health care provider was accused of fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 vaccines, transferring them to facilities in other parts of the state and distributing them to …

Cuomo Bashes Trump, Threatens Legal Action For Equal Access To COVID-19 Vaccine
4 years, 1 month ago

Cuomo Bashes Trump, Threatens Legal Action For Equal Access To COVID-19 Vaccine

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Gov. Andrew Cuomo tore into Donald Trump on Sunday after the president’s threat to hold up COVID-19 vaccine distribution to his state — and warned he’s prepared to sue for equal access for New Yorkers. Stop the narcissism, and spend your last months actually trying to help people.” On Friday, Trump said that a highly promising COVID-19 …

Cuomo Says N.Y. Health Officials Will Review Any U.S.-Approved COVID-19 Vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

Cuomo Says N.Y. Health Officials Will Review Any U.S.-Approved COVID-19 Vaccine

NPR  

Cuomo Says N.Y. Health Officials Will Review Any U.S.-Approved COVID-19 Vaccine Enlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he doesn't trust the Trump administration to deliver a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine because the approval process has become so politicized that its integrity can't be taken for granted. Frankly, I'm …

Coronavirus | New York delays Presidential Primary; Trump eyes a quarantine
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | New York delays Presidential Primary; Trump eyes a quarantine

The Hindu  

As novel coronavirus cases kept rising in the national epicenter of New York, President Donald Trump said Saturday he is considering a quarantine affecting residents of the State, neighbouring New Jersey and Connecticut. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he wasn’t sure what the President meant but didn’t “like the sound of it.” Meanwhile, Mr. Cuomo postponed New York’s …

Governors Say They'll Force Out-Of-State Visitors To Quarantine
4 years, 9 months ago

Governors Say They'll Force Out-Of-State Visitors To Quarantine

NPR  

Governors Say They'll Force Out-Of-State Visitors To Quarantine People in coronavirus hotspots are being told not to travel to other parts of the country, for fear they'll bring the infection with them. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he had authorized law enforcement officers to begin setting up checkpoints in the state's panhandle to screen people coming from the New Orleans …

White House public health expert says anyone who recently left New York should self-quarantine
4 years, 9 months ago

White House public health expert says anyone who recently left New York should self-quarantine

CNN  

Washington CNN — The White House’s coronavirus response coordinator said Tuesday that anyone who has recently left New York should self-quarantine for 14 days in an effort to slow the spread of the virus in the US. “To everyone who has left New York over the last few days, because of the rate of the number of cases, you may …

New York: 1,000 people have been asked to self-quarantine after officials report a new cluster of coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

New York: 1,000 people have been asked to self-quarantine after officials report a new cluster of coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — The biggest city in the United States is now a search zone for anyone who had close contact with five people recently diagnosed with novel coronavirus. At least 13 people across metro New York are infected with coronavirus as of Thursday morning, officials have said. The man has an underlying respiratory condition that made him more vulnerable to …

Man hospitalized with New York’s 2nd case of COVID-19 virus
4 years, 10 months ago

Man hospitalized with New York’s 2nd case of COVID-19 virus

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — A man from New York City’s suburbs was hospitalized in serious condition with COVID-19 on Tuesday, a case that prompted school closings and quarantines for congregants of a now-shuttered synagogue. “That spreading is inevitable.” The man, who commuted by train to work at a small Manhattan law firm and has children attending a school and college in …

Officials try to calm nerves as NY reports 1st COVID-19 case
4 years, 10 months ago

Officials try to calm nerves as NY reports 1st COVID-19 case

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York leaders sought to calm jittery nerves Monday after the city recorded its first confirmed case of the new coronavirus, saying the disease — while dangerous — is a manageable threat. The 39-year-old health care worker who tested positive wasn’t believed to have been contagious when she returned Tuesday from a trip to Iran, a new …

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