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Vaccination efforts across Onondaga County continue moving forward with all people 16 and older now eligible to get a shot. Around 52% of the county’s adult population has received at least the first dose of the vaccine. The clinic at the OnCenter is administering six to nine thousand first doses a week, pharmacies have open appointments, and local colleges are planning clinics of their own.
While these sites may still be busy now, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon expects the county will soon shift their focus to serve under vaccinated communities. We really need to work with our community partners to get out there. We’ll start doing reverse 911 calls for pop-up clinics, walk-up pop-up clinics in neighborhoods. These are all things that we’re going to have to do and make it really easy for those who maybe don’t have hesitancy, they’re just busy, said McMahon.
Onondaga County updated school district guidance Thursday that allows districts to decrease the amount of distance between student’s desks. The change is
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Wednesday was the deadliest day yet during the COVID-19 pandemic in Onondaga County. 18 people lost their fight to the virus in 24 hours. 5 of them died in local hospitals and 13 died in nursing homes, according to state records. County Executive Ryan McMahon said the community will suffer more loss if people do not modify their plans in the coming weeks.
“I think with all the sobering data that we’ve seen of the residents we’ve lost. Hopefully people are reevaluating some of their plans for the holidays,” said McMahon.
Community Testing program was a huge success as we found a cluster at an assisted living facility. We were at 4 different assisted facilities today and now will be able to get proper care days immediately to these residents.