Lake George house party linked to Saratoga COVID infections | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS Saratoga Springs High School was back to in-person classroom instruction Monday, after a cluster of COVID infections among its students led the school to go all-remote Friday.
A total of 23 new student infections were reported April 12-18, bringing the cumulative tally to 107 students and 12 teachers and staff since September. The school closed Friday to facilitate contact tracing by county officials.
District spokeswoman Maura Manny said Monday the situation has improved new student infections are still being reported, but much fewer than last week.
An unconfirmed report suggested that at least some of the recently infected Saratoga High students contracted COVID during a house party in Lake George in neighboring Warren County.
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Capital Region Congressman Paul Tonko held a telephone town hall Thursday night. As WAMC’s Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief Lucas Willard reports, participants were eager to ask their representative and experts about the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Congressman Tonko, a Democrat, hosted the hour-long telephone town hall Thursday.
“It’s my honor to be your rep for New York-20. And it’s certainly a pleasure to welcome all of you on the line this evening,” said Tonko.
Tonko began the meeting by discussing the American Rescue Plan, work ahead on infrastructure, and his proposed Mental Health Research Act to study the effects of the pandemic on Americans.
COVID vaccine administered on Siena, UAlbany campuses amid trickle of new infections | The Daily Gazette
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ALBANY Capital Region colleges have seen hundreds of COVID infections so far this year, but Tuesday marked the first day most students were eligible to be vaccinated, and some colleges brought the vaccine on site to accelerate the process.
“That’s a huge development for us,” a University at Albany spokesman said of the first on-campus vaccination clinic strictly for the college community, held Tuesday.
Siena College, meanwhile, had 500 doses on hand for its students at a clinic it ran Tuesday, and appointments filled up quickly.
Rivers Casino in Schenectady to host another mass-vaccination clinic Thursday; 1,100-plus doses available | The Daily Gazette
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Schenectady County Public Health Services announced the event Tuesday.
More than 1,100 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be administered from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the event venue at Rivers.
Appointments are required. Attendees will be signed up for the second dose of the two-shot vaccine at the same time as they make the appointment for the first dose. The second dose will be 21 days later, also at Rivers.
Appointments are available through the county website, www.schenectadycounty.com. Those who need help scheduling an appointment can receive assistance in person at the Karen B. Johnson Library the main branch at 99 Clinton St. in downtown Schenectady.
GLENVILLE — Youth hockey teams were able to resume practices and skill camps at the Schenectady County Recreational Facility in the fall and recently received…