WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as President Joe Biden meets with senators and works the phones with Capitol Hill to push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, his team is increasingly focused on selling the plan directly to voters. His administration has done 60-plus interviews with ...
ALBANY (AP) — Even as New York has expanded the ranks of healthy people who can get the coronavirus vaccine, it has wrestled with tough decisions about extending eligibility to people with medical conditions that might make them extra vulnerable. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Jan. 12 that New York would accept new federal guidance to expand vaccine access to younger people with certain health problems, including those with weakened immune systems. The Democrat said state officials were working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide what types of conditions ...
Some local residents are frustrated by early efforts to rollout a COVID-19 vaccine across New York state and in Chautauqua County. Beginning on Jan. 11, individuals 65 and older became eligible to schedule appointments at vaccine sites through the use of online portals and hotlines operated by the New York State Department of Health. Judith and Elliot Goldman of Mayville have waited throughout the course of the pandemic for an opportunity to receive the vaccine, but have been dissatisfied with several parts of the rollout thus far. “My stepdaughter spent 7.5 hours trying to get us ...
The highest elected official in the city of Jamestown has tested positive for COVID-19. On Tuesday, Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist announced the positive test. “(Monday) morning I woke up with a fever and cough, and immediately scheduled a rapid test,” he said in a news release. ...
Without any fanfare, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dunkirk Dave did not see his shadow and predicted an early spring. Dunkirk Dave’s handler, Bob Will, was going to let Dave sleep in as long as he wanted as there was no event he had to get up for, and while Will expected it to be later in ...
Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel and the COVID-19 Response Team recently launched COVID-19 Heroes, a recognition program to highlight the outstanding work of people working on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight in the county. “Early in the pandemic, we recognized many local ...
