COVID Vaccines will be offered at Otsego County Fair STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A pop-up clinic by the Otsego County Department of Health will be giving COVID vaccines at the Otsego County Fair. The vaccines will be available from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug 3. and Friday, Aug. 6. The available vaccines will be the Pfizer and the Johnson and Johnson. “We’re excited to be a part of the event and to offer a convenient…
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Vaccine clinics at local schools STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego County Department of Health announced Thursday, May 6, that it would be setting up vaccine clinics at several county schools. Residents 16 and up will be eligible for vaccinations. Participating schools include Cherry Valley-Springfield, Richfield Springs, Schenevus and Morris. The clinics will be open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Go to www.otsegocounty.com/departments/d-m/health_department/covid-19_vaccination_clinics.php for more information.…
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…
Quarantine, Get Tested Only If Symptomatic Health Department Issues Post-Holiday COVID PSA COOPERSTOWN – With many concerned that they were exposed to COVID-19 during holiday gatherings, The Otsego County Department of Health has issued a public service announcement to instruct people on what to do in the event they learn they have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus. “Please do not call the on call nurse,” the release reads. “The department is very busy following…
Bond: COVID Cases Still High From Thanksgiving COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Department of Health is still seeing cases of COVID-19 related to Thanksgiving gatherings, according to Heidi Bond, public health director. 25 cases were reported today, with one additional hospitalization and 978 quarantined.…
27 COVID-19 Cases Reported This Weekend COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Department of Health reported 27 cases of COVID-19 on their dashboard over the weekend, with 17 on Saturday and 10 on Sunday. It’s a decline from this week’s high of 35 cases on Friday, Dec. 18, although the number of patients hospitalized with the virus remains at 16.…
15 Cases of COVID Spike Over Weekend COOPERSTOWN – Nine SUNY Oneonta students, one Hartwick College student and five county residents have tested positive for COVID in the past four days, according to a press release from Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. Of the nine SUNY students, she said, five of those are new infections, with the other four students having already recovered, but had not been reported as being positive to the health department…
SUNY Infections Ebb, Bringing Crisis To End By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As this week began, only 158 SUNY Oneonta students and residence assistants were left on campus. In a normal year, that would have been over 3,000 of the 6,000+ enrollment. “At present, there are only three SUNY students in isolation on campus,” Diane Georgeson, Oneonta Public Health officer, told Common Council during her report on Tuesday, Sept. 15. “There are 52 in isolation off…
Free Rapid COVID Testing Due Tuesday, Wednesday At Armory ONEONTA – The Otsego County Department of Health will offer two more chances to get a free, rapid-test for COVID-19 Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 15-16. The tests will be offered from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Oneonta Armory, 4 Academy St. All Otsego County residents are eligible, but reservations are required and can be made by calling (607) 547-4279. The tests are offered as a partnership with Bassett Healthcare and the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 Fun Virtual Escape Room ESCAPE GAME – 7 – 8 p.m. Join resident Game Master and your friends for fun quest to escape imaginary Witches Hut. Solve puzzles to escape, cure the poison mushrooms you and your party have consumed. Available to 4 County Library System Users only. Presented by Huntington Memorial Library. Visit www.facebook.com/hmloneonta/…