Facing COVID-19 Cluster, Hartwick Confines Students By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 12 cases at Hartwick College since Friday, Oct. 23, President Margaret L. Drugovich is asking students to stay in Oneonta for the next 27 days. “And if you choose to travel to a red or orange zone, you will not be allowed to return to campus for the remainder of the fall semester,” she said in a video posted on the college website, www.hartwick.edu.…
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BULLETIN C-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Important, Columnist Says A story reported out by Reuters News Agency yesterday shows very promising results in the study of one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, AllOTSEGO’s COVID columnist, Dr. Richard Sternberg, reports today. The vaccine being developed by Oxford University and British Drug maker AstraZenica shows that it produces an immune response, i.e., development of antibodies to the virus, in both the young and the old. This is seen as a very favorable breakthrough…
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COVID-19 Spike Traced To Wedding, Red’s Ale House 10 Cases At Hartwick; 18 From Nuptials By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A weekend trip to Red’s Ale House. A 75-guest wedding in Cooperstown. These are the source of the two major outbreaks in the county, with 10 students testing positive at Hartwick College and 18 positives linked to the wedding, including three people living in a group home and a staff member at Cooperstown Elementary School.…
At SUNY, 3 Cases With 4 New COVID Cases, Hartwick College Now Has 9 ONEONTA – Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported at Hartwick Collegethis morning, bringing the campus total to nine, nearly doubling the number reported earlier in the week, according to David Lubell, Media Relations Manager. SUNY Oneonta, meanwhile, reported two cases on Tuesday and one new case on Saturday.…
COVID Cases Climb To 5 At Hartwick College ONEONTA – Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported this afternoon at Hartwick College, rising the total to five active cases on the campus after several weeks without a reported case. “We still don’t know the origin,” said Paula Lee Hobson, VP, College Advancement. “But we are holding to the Social Compact and encouraging students to remain on campus.”…
COVID-19 SENDS OHS’ STUDENTS HOME FOR 2 DAYS By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With reports of a “high probability” of a COVID-19 case in a high school faculty member, Oneonta High School and Middle School students are learning remotely again until the end of the week. “It is our goal to return to our hybrid schedule for all grades on Monday, Oct. 26,” Supt. of Schools Thomas Brindley said.…
NO CLASSES UNTIL MONDAY Staffer ‘Positive,’ CCS Elementary Sends Kids Home COOPERSTOWN – After an elementary school staff member tested positive for COVID-19, all K-6 students at Cooperstown Elementary School were sent home today for the rest of the week. In a letter sent out to parents, Interim Superintendent Romona Wenck, said as second staff member was identified as having “close contact” with the first. Additionally, three students were also identified as being close contacts, Wenck wrote.…
Infections Dissipate At SUNY, Elsewhere By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With five days of zero COVID-19 cases, SUNY Oneonta is finally breathing a sigh of relief. “It’s the longest since the college’s first cases were reported on Tuesday Aug. 25,” said Hal Legg, chief communication & marketing officer. “We’re very encouraged.” With a total of 712 cases since the outbreak, including one employee, the Oneonta campus is seeing cases decline substantially. Between Thursday, Oct. 1, and…
EDITORIAL Let’s Stick With It: We’re Beating COVID-19 COVID-19 numbers are rising again nationally, but we’re zigging as the nation zags. As this edition went to press Tuesday, Oct. 13, SUNY Oneonta had not reported a single COVID case in the previous five days. This, in an institution that had 100 infestations in one night at the end of August. Since infections there totaled 712, and they closed the campus until after Thanksgiving. So zero-zero-zero-zero-zero is particularly welcome news. •…