Frank Kruppa

"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."

“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.”

“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.”

“We’re just bringing the vaccinations to them in a very low-threshold manner."

The Ithaca City School District began in-person classes this week.

"We just have to make sure that these early indications of some isolated misbehaviors don’t become larger."

Malina said students are being “encouraged” to quarantine for 14 days at home before returning to Ithaca.

"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."

“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"

39 people in Tompkins County are under quarantine.