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Governor Kathy Hochul says she’s putting together a team of independent experts to look into New York’s nursing home policies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, when thousands of elderly residents died.
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With COVID-19 subvariants continuing to spread and with all but one county in New York State designated as medium or high-risk by the CDC, the state health department is recommending people wear masks in indoor public spaces, regardless of vaccination status.
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Governor Kathy Hochul says the COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2 is showing up in testing for the virus in New York. But she says so far, it is not spreading as fast as it has in Europe and the United Kingdom.
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New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages, state health officials said Friday.
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State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett says there’s no set date to get rid of New York’s COVID-19 mask mandate for schoolchildren. Bassett addressed the hot-button issue as she testified at a joint legislative budget hearing Tuesday.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul hinted Monday that she may soon end the COVID-19 statewide mask mandate for public indoor spaces. But she says it may not come for another month.
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It seems likely that New Yorkers will continue to be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces for at least another month. Governor Kathy Hochul, who recently extended the mandate through February 10th, says it’s likely the rule will be continued after that.
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New York state's mask mandate that requires face coverings in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues require COVID-19 vaccinations will be extended until at least Feb. 10, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday.
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With New York’s public indoor mask mandate being debated in court, Governor Kathy Hochul is urging people to continue wearing masks as COVID-19 infection rates fall from peaks earlier this month. The mandate remains in effect after a state Appellate Court Tuesday afternoon issued a stay on a judge’s decision Monday that the state Health Department didn’t have the authority to implement the mandate and that it was up to the state Legislature.
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A New York judge ruled Monday that the state's mask mandate can't be enforced, after it was reinstituted by Gov. Kathy Hochul over concerns about a winter surge of coronavirus cases.