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Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Jetblue Expands Testing Options for Customers Over the Holidays and Into 2021 December 18, 2020 GMT NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 18, 2020-- JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced a new seamless testing and verification procedure for customers traveling to Aruba as the airline, the Aruban government, CommonPass, and the airline’s at-home testing partner, Vault, set plans to work together to streamli...

JetBlue Expands Testing Partnerships In Caribbean, New York And Boston WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - JetBlue (JBLU) said that, beginning in early 2021, its customers traveling to Aruba will be able to secure a test from home before travel using Vaults supervised at-home PCR testing, results will then be securely provided to the customer and confirmation securely sent to CommonPass. The airline expands testing partnerships in Caribbean, New York and Boston. CommonPass is a digital health pass that enab...

Resize icon While others are dreaming of a white Christmas, Queens contact tracer Joseph Ortiz is wishing for a pink slip. “I want to be fired. If I no longer have a job that means COVID-19 no longer exists,” said Ortiz, 31, who’s worked for the New York City Test and Trace Corps since May. “My job would no longer be needed and that would be a dream come true. We could all move on.”  But no. Ortiz, 31, a lifelong New Yorker with a master’s degree in public h...

Critical Care Nurse from NYC Receives the First COVID-19 Vaccine in the US By Shannon Caturano and Elina Tarkazikis New York City UPDATED 12:45 PM ET Dec. 14, 2020 PUBLISHED 9:04 AM ET Dec. 14, 2020 PUBLISHED 9:04 AM EST Dec. 14, 2020 SHARE A n...

NY positivity rate inches back up New Yorks positivity rate inched back up to 4.96%, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday. That ends a streak of four days in a row in which the positive rate dropped. The number of patients being treated for the coronavirus in New York hospitals increased by 51 to 5,410. The governor also announced 106 more COVID-19 related deaths. NYC Sunday indicators Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York Citys 7-day average positivity rate stood at 5.53% Sunday as the City report ...

All CityMD locations closing early on Saturday Updated Dec 12, 2020; Posted Dec 12, 2020 Staten Islanders waited in long lines for COVID-19 tests on Staten Island on Nov. 6, 2020. Pictured is the line outside CityMD at Forest Avenue and Broadway in West Brighton. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- To celebrate staff appreciation day, all CityMD locations -- including three on Staten Island -- will close at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the company has announ...

Where can I receive a free rapid COVID-19 test on Staten Island? Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 11, 2020 NYC Test & Trace Corps announced the extension of rapid point of care testing to reaching communities experiencing high cases of COVID-19. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, NY — NYC Test & Trace Corps announced the extension of rapid point of care testing to reach communities experiencing high cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “As rates of COVI...