WYOMING COUNTY/ WCCH/ Hospital patient visitation suspended until further notice

Press release Warsaw, New York, November 27, 2020 – Effective:  November 28, 2020  NO VISITATION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE:  As WCCHS continues to monitor the activity of the COVID-19 pandemic within our community and surrounding communities, the health and safety of our patients, visitors, and employees remains priority.  To maintain safety, WCCHS …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Health Alert/Persons who attended the below funeral services are advised to monitor symptoms, 7 positive cases reported

Press release The Genesee County Health Department has received 7 positive COVID-19 tests from individuals who attended funeral service arrangements on the following dates and locations:  November 11th Gilmartin Funeral Home (333 W. Main Street, Batavia)between the hours of 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  November 12th Resurrection Roman …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Health Dept./COVID-19/Health Alert/Positive case at Batavia’s Original

Press release The Genesee County Health Department has received a positive COVID-19 test from an individual who was at Batavia’s Original on Friday November 6th and Saturday November 7th between the hours of 4:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Contact tracing is in progress; however unidentified individuals may have unknowingly been …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Health Dept. Alert/Anyone who attended Trivia Night at TF Browns Nov. 3rd should monitor for symptoms of COVID-19

Press release The Genesee County Health Department has received a positive COVID-19 test from an individual who attended Trivia Night at TF Brown’s on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 between 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact tracing is in progress; however unidentified individuals may have unknowingly been in contact with the …

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GENESEE/ORLEANS/Health Dept./COVID-19/ Information regarding the Governor’s Cluster Initiative

COVID-19 UpdateFor IMMEDIATE RELEASE On October 6, 2020, Governor Cuomo announced a new cluster actioninitiative to address COVID-19 hotspots that have or may be identified incertain areas of New York. “Under the Governor’s initiative to prevent cluster activity it is important tounderstand the detrimental impact having a cluster can have …

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GENESEE ORLEANS/Health Dept./Holley High School student tests positive for COVID-19, contact tracing is ongoing along with precautionary cleaning and disinfecting

COVID-19 Update For IMMEDIATE RELEASE “The Orleans County Health Department (OCHD) has received that a Holley High School student has tested positive for COVID-19,” stated Paul Pettit, Director of the Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments. “The last day this student was on the Holley campus (MS/HS) was the morning …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Additional positive COVID-19 case at Elba High School, remote learning in place until October 12, 2020

Press release “The Genesee County Health Department has received an additionalpositive COVID-19 test from an Elba High School student,” stated PaulPettit, Public Health Director for Genesee and Orleans County. “Theindividual has been placed under mandatory isolation where they will remain until they are fully recovered.” The Genesee County Department of …

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GENESEE COUNTY/Health Alert/Elba/Due to three positive COVID-19 cases, school will be remote through this Friday

Press release The Genesee County Health Department has received 3 positive cases ofCOVID-19 from students at Elba Central School District. There is one case at the Elementary School and two cases in the High School. The individuals have been placed under mandatory isolation where they will remain until they are …

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NYS/Gov. Cuomo announces new testing initiatives to improve COVID-19 detection and control across NYS

Press release Announces $500,000 for Pilot Program To Test for the Virus in Wastewater Systems as ‘Early Warning Indicators’ to Detect COVID-19 Spread After Discovery of New Clusters Tied to Seasonal Farm Workers, State DOH and Agriculture & Markets to Dispatch Mobile Testing Teams to Farms & Assist With Isolation Facilities  SUNY Approved for …

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BATAVIA/Person who attended the “March for Justice” on Sunday has tested positive for COVID-19

Press release The Genesee County Health Department received notification that aGenesee County resident who attended the “March for Justice” event onSunday, June 7th in Batavia has tested positive for COVID-19. The individual did not know they were positive prior to attending the event but exhibited symptoms associated to COVID-19 at …

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