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Trolley rolls into under-vaccinated Schenectady neighborhoods to continue COVID fight | The Daily Gazette
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Holden Townsel of Rotterdam is vaccinated by Schenectady County Public Health Services registered nurse Taylor Taranto as his father, Neal, watches Thursday outside the Schenectady Community Ministries food pantry.
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A slow but steady stream of people walk or drive into the parking lot to roll up their sleeves, drawn by the sign or, more likely, people telling them there would be a pop-up vaccination clinic that day at the Schenectady Community Ministries food pantry in Hamilton Hill.
That afternoon, Schenectady County was tied for the highest adult COVID vaccination rate in the state nearly three out of four adult residents have received at least one dose.
Flu cases statewide are down 96 percent this year | The Daily Gazette
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ALBANY Flu cases statewide are down over 96 percent this season from the total flu cases recorded through this week last year. Local health officials suspect current coronavirus precautions have contributed to the massive downward trend.
To date, the state Department of Health has recorded 3,548 total cases of the flu since the season kicked off in the first week of October. At this time last year, the state had recorded 106,816 flu cases from the beginning of the season in the first week of October through the same week in February.
In winter of COVID precautions, flu cases statewide down 96 percent this season | The Daily Gazette
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David Fariello, employee health manager for St. Mary’s Healthcare in Amsterdam, stands in front of St. Mary s Hospital on Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam Tuesday.
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ALBANY Flu cases statewide are down over 96 percent this season from the total flu cases recorded through this week last year. Local health officials suspect current coronavirus precautions have contributed to the massive downward trend.
To date, the state Department of Health has recorded 3,548 total cases of the flu since the season kicked off in the first week of October. At this time last year, the state had recorded 106,816 flu cases from the beginning of the season in the first week of October through the same week in February.
New health guidelines for Schenectady County schools should reduce the number of students and staff ordered to quarantine after close contacts of a positive…