The Tompkins County Health Department announced that a positive case of the “U.K. variant” of COVID-19 has been identified in Tompkins County. The case was sequenced through Cornell University’s COVID-19
ITHACA, NY Cayuga Health officials announced today that they have been working closely with the Tompkins County Health Department to open a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Ithaca. The 40,000 sq. ft. mass vaccination clinic is located in the former Sears department store at The Shops at Ithaca Mall.
It has been opened for Phase 1 vaccination dispensing and in preparation for the progression of the vaccination distribution. So far, Cayuga Health has administered 5,132 vaccines, at approximately 650-800 per/day, as part of Phase 1A and now 1B. With enough vaccines, the site is capable of administering 2,000 doses daily. Â
âOur mission is to dispense 100% of the allocated vaccine as it is received, and we have done this continuously since accepting our first shipment,â Dr. Martin Stallone, president and CEO of Cayuga Health, said. âIt is our understanding that the more efficient that we are, the greater the allocation can become in the future. As addition
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) The Tompkins County Health Department says a positive case of a strain of COVID-19 originally found in the United Kingdom has been identified.
In Tompkins County, the person who tested positive for the UK variant quarantined immediately after returning from travel, and was placed into isolation after the positive test result. Contact tracing was conducted and no close contacts were identified.
Officials say it’s a more contagious version of the virus, which had its first reported case in New York State on January 4th in Saratoga Springs.
Health officials say although this strain is more contagious, it isn’t more dangerous and the COVID-19 vaccine is still effective.
ITHACA, NY Cayuga Health officials announced today that they have been working closely with the Tompkins County Health Department to open a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic. The 40,000 sq.