HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 Learn To DIY Maple Syrup COVID TESTING – 8 – 10 a.m. Free Covid-19 testing for people with no symptoms. Call for an appointment. Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown Clinic, 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown. 607-547-7973. MAPLE SYRUP – 6 p.m. Learn how to make Maple Syrup at the micro scale with Aaron Wightman, Co-Director of the Cornell Maple Program. He will cover why sap flows, sap collection options, the basics of processing, filtering, and grading.…
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CLICK HERE FOR 1A, 1B GUIDELINES People Frustrated, But Vaccine Coming, Oneonta Mayor Says Kinney Drugs First With Shots By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There’s “a lot of frustration and confusion” about availability of the COVID-19 vaccinations, Mayor Gary Herzig said this morning, but “I’m told that will improve soon: The vaccine will be coming.” Meanwhile, he said, be sure to register through the state’s “Am I Eligible” app. Also today, vaccinations are being administered at…
EDITORIAL Let’s All Get Behind President Biden’s Call For Calm, Unity It’s a day that will live in infamy, Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, vandalized and ransacked the venerable building, and was driven out by National Guard units and Capitol Police with some loss of life. Prior to Jan. 6, 2021, few Americans could visualize that ever happening. The natural response here in Otsego County, as throughout our United States, is horror, sadness and fear…
When Will Shots Arrive? Meanwhile, Otsego County People 65 And Older Registering By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Beginning this week, some members of the general public are now eligible to schedule an anti-COVID vaccine appointment. As of Monday, Jan. 11, the state gave the go-ahead to expand vaccine appointments to Phase 1b populations – seniors, first responders, corrections officers, teachers and other school staff; in-person college instructors, childcare workers, public facing grocery store workers, transit workers and individuals…
NEW INFORMATION LINE: 547-4240 Health Department ‘Overwhelmed’ By Calls For Vaccines By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Overwhelmed by “hundreds of voice mails” from people asking how to get COVID inoculations, the county Department of Health is asking them to call 1-607-547-4240 for information. So far, however, it seems there’s not much to say: “We currently have no vaccine available,” county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said in yesterday’s daily press release. “At this time the department…
Reported Cases Make Dramatic Climb By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In a single day, reported county-wide cases have climbed by nearly sixty increasing the active case count to 210 and the hospitalizations by three for a total of 18. No new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, keeping the 2021 fatalities at three and the fatalities to date at 21. Based on the figures, more than twenty people have successfully completed isolation and are considered no longer contagious.…
DOH Helps To Vaccinate 100s In Single Day, Bond Says By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego Department of Health helped to vaccinate roughly 200 eligible tier 1a and 1b candidates at the Meadows Building on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. According to County Department of Health Director Heidi Bond, they are hoping to roll out additional clinics soon. Those interested in receiving the vaccine should visit: am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/…
Basset Extends Visitation Limits Through Feb. 15 Patients’, Employees’ Health, Safety Depend On It, Memorandum Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network has extended its limited visitation policy at Bassett and Fox hospitals and all facilities across the region through Feb. 15, it announced today. In addition, all regional clinics and long-term care facilities, including Fox Nursing Home, remain closed to visitors.…
People Over 75 To Get Vaccine, Governor Says Bassett Says Second Round Will Be Done In Pharmacies, Doctors’ Offices By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With the Bassett Healthcare Network reporting this evening that it has administered 80 percent of COVID-19 vaccines it has received so far, Governor Cuomo announced this afternoon that the program is being expanded beyond 1A eligible New Yorkers to 1B. • 1B includes teachers and schools employees, police and firefighters (first responders),…
Warning Issued On Nancy’s Bar New Year’s Day Patrons, Beware SCHENEVUS – Patrons at Nancy’s Bar on Main Street here between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day may have been exposed to COVID-19, the county Health Department announced this afternoon. Those at Nancy’s Bar during that time should monitor themselves and further notify those they have been in contact with in the days following – should they develop symptoms, according to Public Health Director Heidi Bond.…