BATAVIA POLICE BLOTTER/January 9, 2022

Arrests Petit Larceny, 12:01 PM, Tuesday, January 4, 2022, E. Main St. – Abigail M. RUSSELL, F/19, of Hamburg NY, was arrested for petit larceny after she allegedly shoplifted at a local grocery store. Russell allegedly filled a bag with numerous food items before leaving the store without paying for …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Residents take advantage of free COVID-19 test kit distribution on Saturday afternoon

2,580 test kits were distributed and were in high demand on Saturday afternoon, with vehicles lining the road leading to the Genesee County Fire Training Center at 7690 State street road in Batavia. One test kit per household, per vehicle was provided at today’s distribution event. There are two tests …

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WNY/Rochester Regional Health Updates Visitation Policy

New Visitation Guidelines go into effect January 11, 2022 Press release Rochester, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health is reinstating an enhanced hospital visitation policy, effective Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Also, going into effect that day is a new masking policy for visitors. With the rapid transmission of the omicron variant and dramatic rise of …

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GENESEE/ORLEANS/Health Department/Changes implemented to case investigations and contact tracing due to the surge in positive COVID-19 cases

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Due to the high volume of COVID-19 case reports in recent days exceeding the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments (GO Health) and NYS contact tracing capacity to individually contact every Genesee and Orleans County resident with a positive COVID-19 test result GO Health and New York …

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