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State adjusts micro-cluster focus zone criteria
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State adjusts micro-cluster focus zone criteria

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday, Dec. 11, new metrics by which micro-cluster focus zones will be determined to help control COVID-19 spread and protect hospital capacity.  Additionally, Cuomo announced new directives to further grow hospital capacity, as well as updated calibrations to business guidelines based on recent Centers for […]

A female athlete is carrying her own spray hand sanitizer bottle and applying sanitizer to a dumbbell before training with it.
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Restrictions loosened for gyms, salons in COVID zones

Gyms and personal care services such as salons are no longer considered one of the major transmitters of COVID-19, according to the state’s latest public health data. As a result of that, such businesses operating within a COVID-19 micro-cluster Orange Zone can now continue to operate under new restrictions. Gyms […]

Cuomo gives schools green light to reopen
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Cuomo gives schools green light to reopen

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]olstered by a continuously low transmission rate of COVID-19 across New York state, students statewide will be allowed to return to the classroom this fall. After huddling with members of the state Department of Health, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, announced on Aug. 7 that every region in the state […]

Cuomo adds enforcement to quarantine advisory
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Cuomo adds enforcement to quarantine advisory

A small outbreak of the novel coronavirus in an upstate New York county last week has led Gov. Andrew Cuomo to beef up previously implemented restrictions on out-of-state travel. Cuomo, a Democrat, directed the state Department of Health on Monday to issue an emergency health order mandating travelers from states […]