Health Department Media Conference Highlights: Over 70% of the recently identified cases are directly related to household and social gatherings
By John T. Ryan
Here are the highlights of this morning’s Clinton County Health Department’s December 17th Media Conference that I noted. I’m sure I did not capture every important point. The conference will be posted on YouTube later in the day.
There are 132 active COVID Cases in the county.
There has been a significant increase, especially compared to last summer.
Over 70% of the recently identified cases are directly related to household and social gatherings.
There have been about 200 new cases since Thanksgiving.
The spread has been mostly between friends and family members.
The is a level of risk in every human interaction.
OVID-19 statistics for every school can be found at schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov
All students have been given access to an expanded selection of ebooks. Download the SORA app. All students have a login ID.
CVPH has vaccinated about 200 staff members concentrating on older staff who have direct patient contact. The next vaccination phase will move to health workers not associated with the hospital and the highest risk population.
CVPH has the -70 degree storage capability for the Pfizer vaccine and it can make dry ice to transport the vaccine.
The Modera vaccine awaiting final approval needs to be stored at 0 degrees. CVPH is looking forward to receiving this vaccine.
Local schools make their own decisions regarding in-person and online learning. It is a district decision.
Posted: December 17th, 2020 under County Government News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.