Counties struggle to find enough supplies for school test-to-stay programs
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“We’re kind of hoping, and we’re being promised that these test kits — over the counter test kits and antigen test kits — are going to become more readily available.”
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Cornell University goes online, cancels activities after COVID-19 outbreak
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Tompkins County currently has more than 1,100 active COVID-19 cases. The vast majority of them, nearly 900, can be attributed to Cornell University students. But the county only has nine hospitalizations.
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A third of Tompkins County hospitalizations were breakthrough cases
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“The data clearly shows that we have a vulnerable population in our seniors, even if they’re vaccinated. So the rest of us need to do everything possible to help protect them.”
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Home COVID Tests Are Not Perfect, Health Officials Remind Residents
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“The PCR testing is the gold standard, it is the most sensitive and accurate to run to determine the results. The antigen testing is a little bit less reliable.”
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Boots On The Ground: Ithaca Clinic Brings Vaccinations Closer To Shelter Patients
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“We’re just bringing the vaccinations to them in a very low-threshold manner.”
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Tracing Potential COVID-19 Cases In Ithaca Schools
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The Ithaca City School District began in-person classes this week.
Cornell Limits Student Gatherings As COVID-19 Clusters Increase
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“We just have to make sure that these early indications of some isolated misbehaviors don’t become larger.”
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Cornell Holds Virtual Meetings To Answer Reopening Questions
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Malina said students are being “encouraged” to quarantine for 14 days at home before returning to Ithaca.
County Officials Balance Privacy, Transparency With COVID-19 Information
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“What we want to avoid is providing data in a manner that would cause people to jump to potentially false conclusions about the disease or about any individual in our community.”
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Updated: Tompkins, Tioga Counties Each Have Positive COVID-19 Test
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“While this is the first case of COVID-19 in Tompkins County, we are prepared to respond to limit future exposures and community spread of the virus”
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3rd Person Tested for COVID-19 In Tompkins County, Officials Say Risk Of Getting It Is Still Very Low In The County
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39 people in Tompkins County are under quarantine.