MALATRAS SHUTS SUNY-O ‘Full Transition Plan’ Must Export 3,000 ‘Safely, Effectively’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 100 students tested positive overnight to COVID-19, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras returned to the campus for the third time in five days to announce he’s closing SUNY Oneonta for the fall semester, shifting all instruction online. “We will address the spring semester at a later time,” he added. In a 2 p.m. press conference next to the Chase Gym…
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With COVID Outbreak, Oneonta ‘A Ghost Town’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 23 years with the Oneonta Police Department, Lt. Christopher J. Witzenburg had never seen a Saturday night like Aug. 29. “It’s never been this quiet,” he said. “It’s a real departure from last weekend, where we just had a ton of house parties. It’s like a switch flipped.” With more than 200 students sickened with COVID-19 following “several large parties” last weekend, SUNY Oneonta…
44 More Cases Raise SUNY Total To 289 ONEONTA – Forty-four additional students tested positive overnight, according to test results received by SUNY Oneonta this morning. The college will share another update later today. That increased the total number of cases in the campus community to 289. A total of 125 students are in isolation, and 54 are in quarantine on campus, the college reported.…
With 68 Positives, SUNY-O Now At 245 COVID Cases ONEONTA – 68 students tested positive for COVID after SUNY Oneonta received 481 test results from their on-campus screening, bring the total number of students infected to 245, according to a release from the college. During the Control Room briefing last night, President Barbara Jean Morris said she anticipated a spike, as 2,000 tests were conducted on students on Sunday and Monday.…
Second COVID Case Emerges At Hartwick ONEONTA – A second Hartwick College student is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, the college reported this morning. According to college, this second case is unrelated to the first case, which broke yesterday. The student is isolating at home.…
3 Sports Teams Held Parties That Started Outbreak, Morris Says SUNY Leader Expects ‘Ramp Up’ In Cases By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 2,000 COVID-19 tests administered Sunday and today, SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris warned the Oneonta Control Room to prepare for a “ramp-up” of positive tests during their first meeting over Zoom this evening. “Obviously this came on fast and hard,” she said. “We had a super-spreader event last weekend with three athletic teams…
LOCAL NEWS GOES WORLDWIDE SUNY ONEONTA FINDS 83 NEW CASES TODAY New Campus Total 188; Plus One Each In City, At Hartwick ONEONTA – With news of SUNY Oneonta’s outbreak circling the globe, another 83 news cases were reported a few minutes ago by the Otsego County Department of Health. In addition, one single case surfaced in neighboring Hartwick College, and another infection surfaced in the campus’ host City of Oneonta. The health department “continues to investigate a large outbreak,”…
TEAM DUE IN ONEONTA WEDNESDAY ARMORY, ST. JAMES, FOOTHILLS TO HOST FREE RAPID-TESTING Get COVID Results In 15 Minutes By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Following the outbreak of COVID-19 at SUNY Oneonta that has infected 105 students, Oneonta residents will be able to make appointments for free rapid COVID-19 testing at the Armory, Foothills and St. James Church starting at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2. “We are continuing our efforts in Oneonta,” said Governor Cuomo in…
Virus SWAT Team Heads To SUNY-O As COVID Explodes Chancellor Hurries To Campus; Classes Cancelled For 2 Weeks By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras said Governor Cuomo is deploying a COVID-19 testing SWAT team to quell the worst outbreak of the disease in the 64-campus system. Three sites will be set up by Wednesday, where all students will be required to get tested, and members of the community at large can get tested for…