Saturday, April 27, 2024
Westchester County’s Department of Emergency Services distributed 18,560 COVID-19 test kits to member libraries of the Westchester Library System, WLS, for their patrons. The disbursement is part of an ongoing, proactive effort by the county to make testing accessible to Westchester residents. “The Westchester Library System is a trusted institution […]
As of January 2022, trends from a nearly one-and-a-half year COVID-19 study at all seven Westchester County Wastewater Treatment plants continue to show decreasing levels. This follows trends of active cases in the county as the spread of the omicron variant wanes. “As we move past the Omicron variant spike […]
On Dec. 22, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation by state Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and state Sen. Anna M. Kaplan into law that would explicitly make the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime. The new law takes effect at a critical moment in the state’s battle against coronavirus, as the […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Dec. 6 the detection of four more confirmed cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant in New York State, for a total of 12 confirmed cases. The cases have been confirmed through sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by the state Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center. Two of […]
Westchester County is encouraging parents to make appointments to get children ages 5-11 vaccinated. The county has partnered with local school districts to host clinics in the schools and at the county Health Department. Contact your local district to find out when clinics will be at your child’s school. The […]
