Updating the coronavirus
SCHENECTADY – The Schenectady County Department of Public Health showed Saturday that a user subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19 had taken the CDTA bus number 370 at 7:05 a.m. on Wednesday, August 12 and Thursday, August 13.
Members of the public who took the bus during those periods would likely have been exposed and deserve to monitor themselves for coVID-19 symptoms for 14 days from that date. If symptoms occur, officials have stated that you deserve to stay at home and call your doctor and SCPHS at (518) 386-2824 option 2 for more advice.
If you are elderly, have underlying medical situations, or are immunocompromised, call your doctor early, even if your condition is mild. In case of emergency, call 911.
Tests can also be done extensively and anyone can get tested for COVID-19 by visiting one of the https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/find-test-site-near-you indexed clinics.
Free Schenectady County Community Trials will be conducted in August 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays. Bridge Community Center, 735 Crane St.; And on Thursdays from 14 a.m. 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Schenectady Islamic Center, 89 North Brandywine. Call (518) 419-0370 to register.
Health officials remind others to protect themselves by dressing in a mask when they are in public when social estrangement is not possible, especially on public transport, in shops, on crowded sidewalks, or when he paints and when he is in direct contact with members. of the public. Continue to wash your hands frequently, cough and sneeze with canopy, and disinfect surfaces.