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GLOVERSVILLE The Fulton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare recently reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration over workplace violations related to coronavirus safety protocols and procedures. The nursing home was cited after a complaint was filed by the Civil Service Employees Association related to the death of a Fulton Center staff member from COVID-19 complications in May.
OSHA opened an investigation of the Fulton Center on May 22 after a union complaint was filed. According to a recent story from CSEA’s statewide publication, The Work Force, the case was opened after the union notified the regulatory agency of the death of Dennis Darby, a 31-year-old certified nursing assistant at the Fulton Center, from coronavirus complications at Albany Medical Center on May 21.
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GLOVERSVILLE A confirmed positive coronavirus case at Gloversville High School this week will require five staff members and 44 students to quarantine following contact tracing.
According to a letter to families issued on Wednesday by Principal Richard DeMallie and Associate Principal Dennis Bye, school officials were notified by the infected individual of the confirmed positive test when they received their results on Tuesday.
The individual who tested positive was last in the high school on Jan. 13 and was tested shortly after developing symptoms the following day.
Gloversville Enlarged School District officials worked with the Fulton County Public Health Department to complete contact tracing and notify the impacted individuals. The five staff members and 44 students currently under quarantine will be able to return to school on Monday.
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JOHNSTOWN Fulton-Montgomery Community College is working with county health officials to provide space on campus for the mass distribution of the coronavirus vaccine.
Acting President Greg Truckenmiller on Thursday reported to the Board of Trustees that the Fulton County Public Health Department operated a coronavirus vaccine clinic on the college campus earlier in the day.
Health officials were expected to administer 200 vaccine doses to first responders during the first day on campus and will return today to administer the vaccine to registered educators at the K-12 level, as well as some FMCC staffers.
The Fulton County Public Health Department is expected to continue utilizing space at FMCC to operate vaccine clinics in the months ahead. Currently appointments to receive the vaccine will be scheduled on-campus two days a week, with health officials planning to expand time slots to four days a week in the future, according to Truckenmiller.
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GLOVERSVILLE A confirmed positive coronavirus case at Boulevard Elementary School will require more than 20 students and staff members to quarantine through the end of the week.
Boulevard Principal Brian DiPasquale notified families of the confirmed positive case in a letter released online around noon Tuesday.
School officials were reportedly informed on Saturday that a student had tested positive for the coronavirus.
The student last attended school on Jan. 12 before developing symptoms the following day. The student was tested for the virus on Thursday after their symptoms did not improve.
Gloversville Enlarged School District officials worked with the Fulton County Public Health Department to complete contact tracing.