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…
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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 TO TEST ALL STUDENTS FOR COVID-19 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Following an outbreak that has sickened 20 students on and off campus, SUNY new chancellor, Jim Malatras, has sent resources to pool-test the entire student population at SUNY Oneonta. “Today is the perfect example of how the entire SUNY community can work together and take aggressive action to control COVID-19,” said Malatras, the president of Empire State College who was promoted to the top…
As SUNY, Hartwick Open, Oneonta Control Group To Meet In Public View New Panel Monitors Students’ Return ONEONTA – The first meeting of the “Oneonta Control Group” – it was set up to monitor the impact of returning college students – is at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, and will be broadcast on the city’s YouTube channel. All meetings are virtual and open to the public. Mayor Gary Herzig set up the group, which includes both college staff and students,…
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…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Paula Holleran, 82 Nov. 7, 1937-Aug. 25, 2020 ONEONTA – Dr. Paula Holleran, 82, of Oneonta and Sarasota, Fla., passed away on Aug. 25, 2020, while surrounded by her family. The SUNY Oneonta professor emeritus fought a difficult 16-month battle with a bone marrow disorder which progressed into Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Born on Nov. 7, 1937, in Brooklyn, to Angelo and Jean Rizzo, Paula spent a happy childhood playing stoop ball and stick ball with her neighborhood…
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…
5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
