NORWOOD â The Seaway Career and Technical Center in Norwood pivoted to remote learning for Thursday and Friday because of âmultiple cases of COVID-19â within the school.
âDue to multiple cases of COVID-19 within our school and limited staffing as a result of mandatory quarantines, we will pivot to remote instruction for the remainder of the week with a return to in-person learning on January 11,â school officials said in a Wednesday Facebook posting.
In a separate post, they said they had been informed of a positive case of COVID-19 among the schoolâs Criminal Justice students.
âIn order to protect the health and safety of all, students and staff who may have come in contact with the individual will be released immediately. Parents of students who are determined to be a contact of the positive individual will be notified by the school nurse or office to be picked up. Those students will not be allowed to ride the bus. Staff who have been in conta
LISBON â This season, Lights on the River was forced to only offer its holiday light display five nights due to pandemic guidelines, but was still overcome with community support â 4,000 pounds of it.
Lights on the River, which holds the holiday light show annually at the Lisbon Beach and Campground, is a nonprofit organization that raises money, as well as non-perishable food donations, for local food pantries. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and knowing the impact Lights on the River traditionally has on those in need, the group worked with the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department to continue the show for its 11th year.
Friday, January 1, 2021 - 10:04 am
St. Lawrence County is working collaboratively to distribute and vaccinate our communities as quickly as possible. St. Lawrence County Public Health Department, hospitals and community providers are creating a strategy for equitable vaccine distribution through the county.
“Vaccinations are being provided in a phased approach, based on need and risk, as directed by both the federal government and New York State,” according to Jolene Munger, deputy director of Public Health. “Hospitals and local health departments must only vaccinate those who meet criteria for each phase.
For information on distribution and phases, visit: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/phased-distribution-vaccine.
10. Nursing students and Physician Assistant students
11. Executive Order 202.86, released 12/28, also extends permission to retirees who are medical professionals and still in good standing the ability to volunteer
Non-medical volunteers are needed to assist with operations and activities at the vaccination sites, such as registration and check-in, data entry, greeting and routing participants, traffic flow, and other administrative tasks.
Volunteers will work in collaboration with the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department and the local hospital systems to vaccinate county residents. Those interested in volunteering will register through ServNY.
ServNY is a registry of health care and mental health professionals, as well as community residents, who wish to volunteer during a public health emergency or major disaster.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 6:11 am
St. Lawrence County Public Health Department officials say the county’s COVID-19 death toll is now at 35, there were 48 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the county on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
There are 442 active cases, up from 437 active cases on Monday. Health officials say 23 of the cases are hospitalized, down two.
Public Health will also post the maps on their Facebook page, @SLCPublicHealth.
Health officials said 1,385 cases have been released from isolation.
County hospitals have performed 137,396 tests for COVID-19 as of Monday, the most recent date for which data was available. So far, there have been a total of 1,862 confirmed coronavirus cases in St. Lawrence County.