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Created: July 21, 2021 08:01 PM COPAKE - A summer camp in Columbia County is dealing with a COVID outbreak. Around 30 or so campers at Camp Pontiac in Copake have tested positive for COVID-19. This all started over the weekend. NewsChannel 13 was told that the camp tested kids who were symptomatic. Jack Mabb, the Columbia County Public Health Director, says nearly 30 kids have tested positive for COVID. According to their website, Camp Pontiac is a seven-week sleep away camp for kids 7 to 16. Mabb says the kids who have contracted COVID are ages 7 to 11. This means they are too you...

Michael Fitzgerald The Imprint Editor's note: This story was co-published with The Imprint, an independent, nonprofit daily news publication covering child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health and educational issues. Visit imprintnews.org to learn more. As the coronavirus tore through the country last year, New York state officials relied on testing to keep people safe in prisons, nursing homes, schools and other group facilities. Statewide, 13,000 prisoners had been tested by September 2020. Youth accused of crimes awaiting trial in New York City were also regularly tested, w...

HUDSON — Several local businesses are allowing employees to wear plastic face shields and health authorities say they might not be as safe as face masks in protecting against the novel coronavirus. Store employees at Hannaford Supermarket in Livingston, ShopRite in Hudson and Lowe’s in Greenport have been seen wearing clear face shields instead of face masks. Plastic face shields, which are affixed to the wearer’ head with a headband, may not protect against COVID-19 as well as face masks, according to the Columbia County Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control...

HUDSON — The Second Show Community Thrift Shop and Patisserie Lenox, both on Warren Street, announced temporary closures after positive tests for COVID-19. A volunteer at the Second Show Community Thrift Shop, 519 Warren St., experienced symptoms Dec. 21, two days after working a Saturday shift before testing positive for the virus. Co-workers and the store manager are in mandatory quarantine, but the health department decided not to notify customers because of low risk of transmission, Columbia County Health Department Director Jack Mabb said Monday. “We discussed the issue of whet...

LIVINGSTON — Livingston Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has transferred 16 residents to other facilities, health officials confirmed Tuesday. After four staff members at the facility tested positive for COVID-19 and an additional 10 staff members were required to quarantine, Livingston Hills transferred the 16 residents to other local care facilities, said Jack Mabb, director of the Columbia County Department of Health. Jennefer Mitchell, assistant administrator and director of nursing at Livingston Hills, said the transfers are temporary and the facility is not closing. The tran...