More testing within public schools is the strategy announced by the mayor to protect children when they return to school. The city will go from carrying out 40,000 random tests to 80,000. “Our children need to learn in person, so we are going to do more COVID tests in our schools. This is how we … Read more
With the arrival of the new year, the city faces a shortage of personnel, while the cases of Covid 19 increase. Police announced Tuesday night that they will cancel scheduled days off for uniformed officers on both Friday, December 31, and Saturday, January 1. “In order to provide police coverage for the New Year’s Eve … Read more
Governor Hochul stated that, at the moment, there are no plans to close schools despite the increase in COVID cases. In his press conference yesterday, Hochul indicated that pediatric hospital admissions have multiplied by 5 in New York City. Going from 22, in the first week of December, to 109 in the last week. The … Read more
Starting this Monday, all workers in private sector companies must have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. New York is the first city in the nation to have a vaccination mandate for non-public employees. The measure is slated to apply to more than 100,000 businesses across the city. Additionally, teens 12 and older … Read more
As COVID cases continue to rise in the city and state, the need for testing becomes more urgent. For this reason, more COVID testing sites will open in Queens and the rest of the city starting tomorrow. RELATED STORIES: Culture Lab in Long Island City will be open tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. … Read more
Due to the contagion of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, visits to public hospitals in the city are suspended from today. However, there will be some exceptions that could include people in need of companions for medical reasons, women in labor, pediatric patients, those with disabilities, and terminally ill patients. Visitors must show proof … Read more
Mariela Peralta would like to be in her classroom, but the fear of catching it from Ómicron has her protesting along with other teachers, in front of Crotona International High School in the Belmont sector of the Bronx. “Yes, that is the fear, that we want to have a peaceful Christmas, that we are not … Read more
Mayor de Blasio commented in his press conference that vaccination is the strategy to continue with the recovery of the city, since vaccination is equivalent to freedom of action. I firmly assure that there will be no closure in the city, as circumstances have changed. I reiterate that at least 6 million New Yorkers have … Read more
This Monday, Mayor de Blasio announced that the municipal government will open 23 new testing sites for COVID. By the end of the week there will be 112 sites throughout the city to serve the needs of New Yorkers in the coming weeks. RELATED STORIES: And it is that the demand in care clinics has … Read more
The spike in coronavirus cases is threatening many New Yorkers’ plans to spend the holidays with the family. This is how Esperanza Latorre, a resident of Queens, comments: “It is a pity that the cases are increasing. And more than anything, I think, it is due to carelessness. I am going to spend the parties … Read more