County Assemblyman Tests Positive For C-19 Brian Miller, R-101st, Hospitalized In Utica NEW HARTFORD – Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-101st, whose district includes Springfield, Middlefield, Westford and Maryland in Otsego County, has tested positive for coronavirus, and is hospitalized in St. Luke’s Hospital, Utica. He participated in the legislative session on March 18, and remained in Albany on March 19. He was tested for COVID-19 on March 20, and self-quarantined in his home immediately afterward, said Minority Leader Will Barclay, who…
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LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR Cuomo’s Daily Updates Show Much Being Done Editor’s Note: Here’s an example of Governor Cuomo’s daily email updates, which underscore how much is being done to combat coronavirus. Do yourself a favor: sign up at: https://now.ny.gov/page/s/coronavirus-updates March 23, 2020 Dear New Yorker, Amid this pandemic, we can’t underestimate the emotional trauma people are facing or underestimate the pain of isolation. It is real. This is not the human condition — not to be comforted, not to…
EDITORIAL Job One, Beat Coronavirus; Job Two, Limit The Harm As a community, we face two tasks. Job One is to tackle the coronavirus threat. As evident in closing schools and colleges, local governments and business, in our adherence to “social distancing,” and in Bassett Hospital’s pro-active agenda, there is community-wide commitment to that. Governor Cuomo, who has been at his best since the crisis loomed, put it well Sunday, March 22, in his interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: “In…
GOVERNOR’S DAILY UPDATE Hospitalization Rate Slower Than Expected Dear New Yorker: While the number of positive Coronavirus cases in New York continues to climb, I want to share some hopeful news: New data show that our density reduction measures may be working. The forecasted rate of hospitalizations are slowing down. On Sunday, forecasts showed hospitalizations doubling every 2 days; on Monday, they showed hospitalizations doubling every 3.4 days; and yesterday, they showed hospitalizations doubling every 4.7 days.…
LOCAL FALLOUT FROM EMERGENCY Jobless Claims Soaring; Sales-Tax Dip Expected By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In an average week, Alan Sessions, CDO Workforce disability resource coordinator, might field 25 calls about unemployment insurance. “In the last week, we’ve received 25 calls a day,” he said. “Sometimes the wait to talk with someone is an hour.” The majority of the calls, he said, are waitstaff, kitchen help and retail workers suddenly jobless as Governor Cuomo ordered stores and…
THEY’RE DOING GOD’S WORK, HE SAYS 40,000 Health-Care Professionals Step Up, Governor Announces Governor Cuomo today announced that to date 40,000 healthcare workers, including retirees and students, have signed up to volunteer to work as part of the state’s surge healthcare force during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with more expected to sign up in the coming weeks. Additionally, more than 6,000 mental health professionals have signed up to provide free online mental health services. New Yorkers can call the state’s…
IT’S HERE! 1st Otsego Case Surfaced; 35 Quarantined By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com There is still only one positive case of the COVID-19 virus in Otsego County. But don’t let your guard down, because that number doesn’t tell the whole story. With confirmed cases skyrocketing above 25,000 in the state and testing supplies dwindling, there may be many here who have the virus but remain unidentified. In Otsego County alone, there are 35 people on quarantine – either…
Church Sewing Group Making Masks For Bassett FLY CREEK – With many of her fellow Fly Creek United Methodist Church quilters stuck inside under COVID-19 precautions, Pastor Sharon Rankins-Burd has found a way to keep sewing – and help the community. “We became aware that there was a need at Bassett Hospital for masks,” she said. “Someone found a pattern online, and apparently, a lot of people are making these.” While the masks are not full protection against COVID-19, they…
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COOPERSTOWN’S GERRY WELCH Local Inventor Sees UV-Based Face Mask As Part Of Solution By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Local inventor Gerry Welch believes he may have an answer to the face-mask shortage the nation is facing as it battles the Coronavirus threat. For several years now, Welch has been promoting the “Aegis 12,” which the publicity describes as a “Healthcare Face Mask with Fail-Safe Power Pack.” The device is two face masks with a silver foil…