Tag: City of Rochester, COVID-19, Monroe County Department of Public Health
Monroe County, City Begins Distribution of 750,000 At-Home Rapid COVID-19 Test Kits
Staff Report Monroe County Executive Adam Bello, along with community leaders including Mayor James Patrick Smith and Mayor-Elect Malik...
Bello Blasts Proposed Ethics Reform as ‘Dangerous’
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net A reform proposal seemingly introduced across party lines in the Monroe County Legislature...
Rise in COVID-19 Cases Ahead of Thanksgiving Concerns Health Officials
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Update: Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 6 said Monroe County is becoming a problem spot for...
Time for Flu Shots, and County Says They’ll be Accessible in City Neighborhoods
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Health officials, concerned that a surge of COVID-19 could arrive during flu season, are...
Add COVID Precautions to List of Labor Day Weekend Preparations
Patti Singerpattisinger@miniorityreporter.net At least one person testing positive for COVID-19 after dozens of young people partied in the...
Test Negative for COVID-19? Keep That Mask On
Patti Singerpattisinger@miniorityreporter.net More than 1,000 people a day in Monroe County are being tested for COVID-19. Are you among...
City to Mail Masks to Every Household
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net City residents, your mask is in the mail. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced May 8 that...
What Does it Mean to ‘Flatten the Curve’ of COVID-19?
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Since the first case of COVID-19 in Monroe County in mid-March, we’ve heard about “contact...
Bello, Mendoza Have Not Had COVID-19 tests
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Monroe County has tested more than 10,000 residents for COVID-19, but County Executive Adam...
COVID-19 Crisis Highlights Disparities in Access to Care
Patti Singer pattisinger@minorityreporter.net COVID-19 is highlighting what people of color – and the medical community — knew...
