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This story told through Robert Brodsky, Catherine Carrera, Matthew Chayes and Joie Tyrrell and written through Brodsky.
New York State will launch “a big company” to explore the characteristics of a COVID-19 vaccine and potentially buy up to 40 million doses before the expected final touch of the process of study by the federal government, Gov. Andrew M said Thursday. Cuomo.
At a news convention in Manhattan, Cuomo announced the appointment of two teams led through the State Department of Health. The first working group, whose members had yet been appointed, said, would first examine the effectiveness of the vaccine, raising the problem. “Politicized” implementation of the procedure through Trump’s direction, and then, in a moment, the organization administering the 16-member vaccine will administer the eventual distribution of the drug.
“I am not going to accept the opinion of the federal government as true and I would not present New Yorkers based on the opinion of the federal government,” Cuomo said. “New York State will have its own review once the federal government completes its review and declares it safe. “
If the state panel says a vaccine is safe, Cuomo said a separate working group would determine how to buy, buy and distribute the drug, potentially a drug that would possibly require two doses, to 19. 5 million state residents.
The committee, which includes Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Long Island-based Northwell Health, would also prioritize other people who get the vaccines first, build a large-scale distribution network, track other vaccinated people, and launch a large public education campaign. .
“We have the most productive vaccination program in the United States of America,” Cuomo said. “I think the way we’ve controlled COVID has been a style for this country. I need New York State to be the same for vaccines. The style vaccination program in the country. “
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As academics across the state return to classes, state officials on Thursday unveiled a new feature in the STATE COVID-19 newsletter that will allow the public, especially the parents involved, to see the effects of state-approved lab tests on academics in their schools. .
The newsletter adds a layer of knowledge beyond what districts have already reported to their local and state fitness services.
The board will provide information on the number of students, staff and academics who tested positive for the virus at each school and when. The newsletter, which will be updated daily, will also include data on the number of students enrolled. in face-to-face courses and the number of full-time virtual academics.
“The purpose here is to provide parents and New Yorkers with general transparency,” said Gareth Rhodes, assistant superintendent and special adviser to the State Department of Financial Services. “If the school district doesn’t report all the cases it should, at least do it in the labs. “
While there may be daily discrepancies between the two knowledge resources, depending on when the effects are communicated to the state, additional data allows parents to compare the effects of their district with those of others in the community, Cuomo said.
“It can give [parents] a sense of security, or it can give them a sense of concern,” Cuomo said. “Frankly, we are one or both. If there are considerations in the school district, we should know. And we can act if the school district doesn’t. “
Knowledge comes when Plainview-Old Bethpage Central, Northport-East Northport, and Harborfields school districts announced transitority closures due to COVID-19 testing.
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The letter states that people in close contact will be notified through the District or County Department of Health. The person will not be allowed to return to school for 10 days and will need to present a negative COVID-19 test.
Northport High School also closed on Thursday after testing positive for a student who had not been inside construction since September 17, according to a letter from Superintendent Robert L. Banzer. Northport High students participated in distance education on Thursday.
The letter said that the young user “may have been in close contact with other academics over the weekend. “
The school will be closed on Friday while the Suffolk Department of Health conducts an investigation into the search for contacts, Banzer said Thursday in a notice to parents. Students stick to a distance learning schedule, he said.
He said he hopes to reopen for in-person training until Tuesday.
“I am fully aware of the interruption and share the frustration caused by this announcement,” Banzer wrote. “I hope that we, as a community, can paint in combination to save them from this in the future. “
Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School in Greenlawn, a component of the Harborfields school system, switched to full distance learning Wednesday after a student tested positive, Superintendent Francesco Ianni said in a letter posted on the district’s website.
The letter, dated Wednesday, said the Suffolk Department of Health “was touched without delay to initiate a contact tracking investigation. If you have close contact, someone will contact you. “
The district closed Harbourfields High School on September 21 and 22 due to a positive case, according to a letter previously published on the district’s website. High school resumed a hybrid schedule wednesday, the district said.
State-round, the rate of coronavirus infection rose Wednesday to 1. 02%, with 955 of the 92953 check effects that yielded positive results, authorities said. There were two deaths, either in Brooklyn, bringing the state total to 25,439.
“By autumn, let’s be informed from the summer,” Cuomo said. “We went through hell and came back. We’re going to report the lessons, and one of the fundamental lessons, if you don’t wear a mask at this point, is just silly. “
Long Island saw its positivity rate drop to 0. 7% on Wednesday, according to state data. In Nassau, 46 of the other 5,634 people tested positive, with an infection rate of 0. 8%, while in Suffolk, 33 of the 6,408 verification effects were positive. for an infection rate of 0. 5%, according to the data.
“Since the reopening, we have noticed positive cases in our schools, but I need our Department of Health to continue to work heavily with all of our school districts to monitor cases and exposures to respond temporarily to the spread of this virus. “said Laura Curran, director of Nassau County.
The State Liquor Authority and State Police Task Force visited 955 businesses in New York and Long Island on Wednesday and discovered five, adding 4 in Suffolk and one in Queens, assembly status requirements.
Meanwhile, Cuomo and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, both Democrats, in Congress on Thursday to investigate the Trump administration’s “politicization” reaction to the pandemic.
Governors cited reports that the White House blocked efforts through the Department of Health and Human Services to send five masks to each and every us home. But it’s not the first time And accusations that Trump-appointed individuals issued guidelines, as opposed to the objections of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s fitness experts. Array that other people without COVID-19 symptoms don’t want to get tested.
“It’s an undeniable fact that the United States has had the worst reaction to the COVID-19 virus in any country in the world,” Cuomo and Whitmer said. “Nearly 7 million Americans were tested for the virus and more than 200,000 Americans were killed – more than any other country. The unacceptable and unprecedented scale of this tragedy is a direct result of President Donald Trump and the federal government’s deception, political self-aggression, and incompetence. “
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that he needs to help New York City pandemic by making it a destination for public fitness studies with “high-quality jobs. “
Details of the plan will be released in the coming weeks, De Blasio said at an outdoor news convention at a new coronavirus testing lab near the East River in Manhattan.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mitchell Katz, head of the city’s public hospital system, said public fitness officials continue to monitor several neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens that account for 20% of COVID-19 cases in the city. Katz said she participated in the upcoming Jewish feast of Sucot, which is celebrated with prayer and food in an enclosed space, may be a possible vector of the spread of the disease.
“People come together to celebrate, and that’s why we’re going to redouble our efforts in each and every community in Brooklyn,” Katz said, adding messages in English and Yiddish urging others to practice social distance and wear masks.
Later Thursday, the fitness branch threatened to re-impose restrictions starting Tuesday, adding the early closure of all non-essential businesses in those and other neighborhoods, “if advanced. “
“If the signs continue to rise, more compliance measures will have to be taken,” the branch said in a press release. “For the first time in the city’s recovery period, there may be early relief in activities in those zip codes if progress is not made until Monday night,” adding a ban on all meetings over 10, imposing fines for not dressing in a mask even after receiving one. Arrangement and closure of personal schools and day care centers for not meeting certain standards.
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