Chenango County Health Department is advising residents of an increase in levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater surveillance data over the past two weeks.
COVID-19 numbers are on the decline, but employees in New York are still working from home, and a staggering amount of them have never met co-workers in-person.
On Monday, New York State's Governor, Kathy Hochul got the news she was looking for from the state's Appellate court as a full stay for her mandate of having people wear masks indoors in public places, unless businesses ask for proof of vaccination to allow people to go mask-free at that venue.
Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego County are forgoing contact tracing and instead concentrating on helping people get vaccinated and tested for COVID as needed. Otsego DOH has also stopped reporting active case numbers since they feel that they can no longer accurately report.
Chenango County’s Health Department has scheduled a Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson booster clinic Friday that may be more convenient for people going to work.
Schools in New York State get to now decide to 'test to stay' related to a negative test for COVID-19. Find out what that means for schools in Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties.