Year: 2021
Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming Opioid Task Force to host virtual quarterly meeting
Press release The GOW Opioid Task Force will be hosting its second virtual Quarterly Meeting on Thursday, January 21st at 9:30am. This meeting will focus on highlights from the past year, plans for 2021, and how we have adjusted our efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, local addictions professionals …
NYSCOPBA files lawsuit against DOCCS, NYS Department of Civil Service
Lawsuit Cites Lack of COVID-19 Leave Time for Officers Exposed to Virus For Immediate Release January 15, 2021 Albany, NY – Today, NYSCOPBA filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and the Department of Civil Service. The lawsuit alleges that, through policies and their actions, DOCCS and …
WYOMING COUNTY/COVID-19 Update/2 deaths and 47 new positive cases reported
GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/Two deaths and 99 new positive cases reported
NYS-run Vaccination Sites: Updated 01/14/21 – The ‘Am I Eligible’ website has changed this afternoon to only show the NYS-run vaccination sites. The COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline is for scheduling vaccination appointments for eligible New Yorkers at the New York State-run vaccination sites only: 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829). Use their online tool to …
WYOMING COUNTY/COVID-19 Update/3 deaths and 39 new positive cases reported
GENESEE COUNTY/Batavia man accused of smoking crack in Sheriff’s Office vestibule
Chad M. Johnston, 34, of Washington Ave., Batavia, is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance 4th/stimulant, after he was observed by dispatchers on security camera inside the Sheriff’s Office vestibule, using a lighter in the corner on January 13, 2021 at 11:43pm. Upon further investigation, Johnston was found …
GENESEE COUNTY/County Press conference/COVID-19/Update/1.14.2021
Genesee County leaders and Paul Pettit, Health Director for Genesee and Orleans Counties, provide an update on COVID-19 situation. Genesee County Percent positive -7 day average is 9.7%. 14 day average is 10.8% 227 Active cases currently 16 are hospitalized Finger Lakes hospitalization rate .07% 400 doses of the vaccine …
ORLEANS COUNTY/Supply of vaccine is not meeting the demand, residents asked to be patient
Press release Orleans County has been working diligently to distribute the limited supply of vaccine received in their continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the County, Orleans Community Health and Oak Orchard Health Center have been administering the vaccine mostly to Priority Group 1A. With the recent addition …
GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19 Update/One death and 88 new positive cases reported/Health Alert at Batavia’s Original
Data Update – 1/13/21/-Due to the volume and rapidly changing numbers we are no longer reporting mandatory quarantine data. o Genesee County received 49 new positive cases of COVID-19 for a total of 3184 positive cases. § The new positive cases reside in the: · West Region (Alabama, Darien, Pembroke) …