BULLETIN WITH 105 CASES, SUNY CLOSING FOR TWO WEEKS ONEONTA – As the COVID-19 cases climbed from two on Tuesday to 105 today, SUNY Oneonta has announced that they will close for two weeks, according to state reports. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras moved his scheduled visit up a day, and is slated to give a press conference shortly. Presently, he is conferring in a conference room at the Netzer Administration Building with Barbara Jean Morris, SUNY Oneonta president, Mayor Gary…
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Bond: ‘Now Is Not The Time To Socialize.’ 29 New COVID Cases At SUNY; 2 More Infected in Community ONEONTA – 29 more SUNY Oneonta students have reported positive COVID tests on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 56 at the college alone, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. Additionally, a sixth teen from the reported gathering last weekend has tested positive, and another new case popped up, with no connection…
LISTEN TO JIM MALATRAS ON WAMC ONEONTA OUTBREAK WORST IN STATE SUNY CHANCELLOR DUE HERE MONDAY Plans To Meet With Herzig, Morris On ‘How Things Have Been Going’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY’s new chancellor, Jim Malatras, will be in Oneonta Monday, meeting with the mayor and the local college president to ensure everything is being done to stem the worst outbreak of COVID-19 – 29 cases – among the system’s 64 institutions. “We’re one…
15 New COVID Cases Arise, 14 At SUNY-O ONEONTA – 14 new cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed at SUNY Oneonta, according to Heidi Bond, director, Otsego County Health Department. According to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health, all of the 14 cases are off-campus.…
SUNY Investigates Off-Campus Parties, Suspends Sorority With 13 Cases Confirmed, Plus Quarantines, Rush Week Halted ONEONTA – As COVID-19 cases multiply in the campus community, SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris is cracking down, announcing late yesterday: • SUNY Oneonta’s Office of Community Standards has opened an investigation into student off-campus parties that may violate city law, and will discipline students or student organizations found in violation of the campus code. • In response to complaints, the college yesterday suspended…
6 MORE SUNY STUDENTS ILL Plus, 1 More Case Surfaces In High-School Infestation By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – COVID-19 has come home to the SUNY Oneonta campus. Six more SUNY Oneonta students tested positive overnight for COVID-19 and – for the first time – four of them are living on-campus, Heidi Bond, county public health director, said this afternoon. In a second gathering first reported yesterday – of high school students – a fifth attendees, an…
LOCAL COVID CASES SPIKE 9 New Infections: 5 SUNY Students, 4 High-Schoolers By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Nine new COVID-19 cases surfaced locally today, the county Department of Health reported at 5:35 this evening. Five were SUNY Oneonta students, bringing the total to date to seven, all living off-campus. The other four cases came out of a gathering of students from the same high school, but county Public Health Director Heidi Bond said she’s not ready…
2 SUNY-O STUDENTS HIT WITH COVID-19 ONEONTA – Two SUNY Oneonta students living off-campus have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a release sent by the college this afternoon. “While all of us had hoped to avoid this situation, we have spent the better part of the summer preparing for it,” said SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris. “Today’s quick response to this unfortunate news is the result of our strong partnership with the DOH and the effort our campus…
Free COVID-19 Testing Due Thursday In Otego OTEGO – The county Department of Health has scheduled more free testing for COVID-19 for county residents only 9-noon this Thursday, Aug. 27, at Greenie’s Auto World, 2591 Route 7, Otego. This testing site is for people who are not sick but want to be tested. The test will be with a nasal pharyngeal swab.…
IN MEMORIAM Funeral Saturday For Couple Who Endured COVID Together Melanie, Wayne Jones Passed Away In Worcester WORCESTER – A funeral is tomorrow for Melanie Ruth Jones, 60, and her husband, Wayne Dennis Jones, 68, who both had suffered from COVID-19 in the past few months, and both passed away Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. Melanie was found in the morning having suffered apparent respiratory failure, and Wayne passed away that evening after receiving the news.…