GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, WEDNESDAY, 4/8 At Last, Trends Show COVID-19 May Be On Wane To Keep Decline Going, Governor Urges Citizens Not To Back-Slide ALBANY – At last, good news. Despite a record daily death toll. Governor Cuomo told New Yorkers at today’s briefing: “What we are doing is actually working and it’s making a difference … It is flattening the curve and we see that again today so far.” While New Yorkers must continue to be “rigorous” with social-distancing, hand-washing…
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UPDATE: SENATOR OUT OF ICU Seward Off Ventilator, On Road To Recovery MILFORD – As with everything since the coronavirus arrived in Otsego County, things moved quickly. When the last edition of this newspaper went to press on Tuesday, March 31, the news was state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and his wife, Cindy, had been stricken with COVID-19. It was announced the day before that the senator was being treated at Albany Medical Center, and Cindy was recuperating at their…
WALKIN’ OFF…. …The Coronavirus Blahs For Sheltering Folks, Strolling A Safe, Healthy, Growing Habit By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Shelter-in-place is no excuse to be a couch potato. “It feels good to get some exercise,” said Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig. “People are respecting the social distancing, but you can see people and wave hello across the street. And these days, seeing someone smile and wave means a lot!” Herzig, along with many others, have made getting outside every…
COVID-19 Claims 2nd Local Victim COOPERSTOWN – As of noon today, a second Otsego County person died of COVID-19, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reports. As prescribed by county policy, no further details were released. In all, there are now 35 confirmed cases, up two from yesterday.…
Seward Out Of ICU, Chief Of Staff Says ONEONTA – “Due to his improving condition,” State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, was moved out of Albany Medical Center’s Intensive Care Unit late last night, his chief of staff, Duncan Davie, announced this morning, another step in the lawmaker’s recovery from the coronavirus. “He continues to recover from COVID-19 at Albany Medical Center under the care of his physician and will convalesce at home as soon as it is deemed appropriate to…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 The Elephant In The Room To me, there is no more important concept in The War Against COVID-19 than triage. Merriam-Webster.com defines this as “the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients, and especially battle and disaster victims, according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors.” So far, triage is being used to determine who is taken to, or just allowed to go to, hospital emergency rooms. EMTs…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING, TUESDAY, 4/7 State Develops COVID-19 Test ALBANY – Governor Cuomo today announced the state Department of Health has developed a test to detect antibodies to the COVID-19 infection in an individual’s blood. This test is an important step towards determining whether New Yorkers are developing immunity and when they could potentially return to work or school. At today’s briefing, he also the state will invest in private companies to bring rapid COVID-19 testing to scale and accelerate…
4 More Cases Overnight For Total 33 Here COOPERSTOWN – Four more coronavirus cases have surfaced in Otsego County since county Public Health Director Heidi Bond’s Monday report, for a total of 33 as of a few minutes ago. Of the 33 cases, four are hospitalized and nine have recovered and are off isolation. There has been only one death, of Brenda Utter, 63, of Morris, on March 26 at Bassett Hospital.…
Schools’ Closure Extended To 4/29; Regents Cancelled By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The news had leaked out, but ONC BOCES superintendents, including Cooperstown’s Bill Crankshaw and Oneonta’s Tom Brindley, got the news officially at a superintendents’ summit this afternoon: The school break announced March 13, extended once, will be extended again for another two weeks, until Wednesday, April 29, at least. More surprising to the school chiefs was the news, delivered to the assembled group by…
Wear Mask, Mayor Urges, And She Does So Herself • Review Bassett’s pattern for two-ply mask • Review Bassett’s pattern or video for three-ply mask…
