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Call it Covid-19 whiplash.
A week ago, the biggest question surrounding the local impact of the virus was whether parts of Erie County would be moving into a red zone designation, prompting a shutdown of all non-essential businesses.
But with the county and Western New York showing multiple days of decline or relatively flat hospitalization levels, optimism has started sprouting that maybe Erie County could change back from the current orange zone designation to the less-restrictive yellow zone category in a few weeks. Hopefully, we ll get down into the yellow zone soon, but we still might be a couple of weeks away, County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said Thursday. I think we ve gotten through the Thanksgiving bump. There are other areas in New York State that are doing worse than we are right now. So let s just keep heading on the trend that we are.
Western New York has hiccups in vaccine distribution process
ECMC and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center are two hospitals where initial doses of vaccines were distributed to the wrong place Author: Liz Lewin (WGRZ) Updated: 2:04 AM EST December 18, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. Approve the vaccine, prepare for the vaccine, distribute the vaccine. That s the expectation shared by most leading up to the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine and now the Moderna vaccine.
However, as Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz stated earlier Thursday, there have been some issues with distribution this week. ECMC s doses were not sent to ECMC, they were sent to Millard Fillmore Suburban and Olean General. I have no idea why, he said during a COVID-19 update.
ECMC provides COVID-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers
ECMC says it has worked with the NYS Department of Health throughout the process and started vaccinating its frontline caregivers Friday, right on schedule.
Credit: Photo: Joe Cascio/ECMC Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 1:28 PM EST December 18, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. The Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) says it has begun providing the COVID-19 vaccine to its frontline caregivers.
ECMC says it has worked with the NYS Department of Health throughout the process and started vaccinating its frontline caregivers Friday, right on schedule.
On Thursday, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said ECMC s doses were not initially sent to ECMC. Instead, they were sent to Millard Fillmore Suburban and Olean General.
Poloncarz asks for holiday sacrifices, lack of gatherings
The Erie County Executive wants people in Erie County and Western New York to give up family gatherings for Christmas and New Year’s to help prevent COVID spread. Author: Steve Brown, Joseph O Rourke Published: 6:30 PM EST December 17, 2020 Updated: 6:30 PM EST December 17, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. As the saying goes, it’s a “big ask,” but Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is asking.
He wants people in Erie County and Western New York to give up family gatherings for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays to help prevent COVID spread.
“People are going to be with their family on Christmas. We know that people are definitely going to want to be in church on Christmas or Christmas Eve. It’s a tough situation, but we’re asking people once again to avoid these small gatherings outside your own family unit,” Poloncarz said in Thursday afternoon’s COVID brie