Hudson Valley continues to rank among regions with highest COVID-19 infection rates in NY
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 07, 2021, 6:27pm EDT
The Hudson Valley continues to rank among the regions with the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the state.
It currently has a 4.3% infection rate, the second highest in the state.
Vaccine hesitancy is part of the problem, says Westchester County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler. People are just concerned about the safety of the vaccine, she says. We noticed about a week ago that our cases were trending up, she says.
Amler says the increase in cases may be attributed to more people gathering and traveling, while not adhering to social distancing and mask-wearing.
By Judy Berger | March 10, 2021
March 3 marked the one-year anniversary of the Young Israel of New Rochelle’s quarantine by the Westchester County Health Commissioner. The YINR community gathered via Zoom to mark the occasion and receive a message of chizuk from Rabbi Fink.
Current YINR President Andrew Wurzburger highlighted Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s press release, “At the direction of Westchester County health commissioner, Dr. Sherlita Amler, I had to inform Young Israel of New Rochelle to halt all services immediately and for the foreseeable future, due to potential COVID-19 exposure connected to the man who tested positive today. Additionally, congregants of the synagogue who attended either services on February 22, or a funeral or bat mitzvah at the temple on February 23, must self-quarantine until at the very earliest March 8. Those who do not self-quarantine will be mandated to by the County Department of Health to do so.”
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Democratic New York Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney held a virtual roundtable Friday with three county executives. The gathering marked one year since Maloney’s first COVID-19 roundtable when the first cases in his 18th District emerged.
Congressman Maloney joined with Republican Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, visiting the short-term vaccination site at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. The state site began administering 3,500 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Friday. And they joined two other county executives virtually.
“Look folks, it was one year ago today that Marcus and Steve and I got together with the health commissioners and others, and it was the start of this horrific year that we’ve all lived through,” Maloney says.
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