Saugerties Times letters to the editor (3/26-4/1)
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SUNY institute offers training to cope with coronavirus stress and disruption
Six weeks ago we profiled Dr. Amy Nitza, director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz. At the time, the psychotherapist was about to head off to Puerto Rico to “train the trainers” to help local people deal with the emotional stress precipitated by an earthquake, following the previous devastation of Hurricane Maria. Now Dr. Nitza must attend to a disaster that’s hitting right at home: the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your coronavirus questions answered
How to get tested? Are local hospitals gearing up? What to do if you’ve been laid off?
County exec: Hundreds of Ulster residents likely infected, county needs state help
Confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in Ulster County climbed to 38 on Monday. But, in a livestreamed town hall on Facebook, County Executive Pat Ryan said the real total was likely many times higher. Ryan said the surge in numbers threatens to overwhelm local hospital resources and called on state officials to set up temporary medical facilities in the Hudson Valley.
Snow or no, first drive-thru coronavirus testing site opening today at TechCity
While Ulster County residents were greeted this morning, Monday, March 23, by falling flakes from an early spring snowstorm, that will not, county officials say, stop the county’s first drive-through COVID-19 testing site from opening up at TechCity, the former IBM-Kingston complex on Enterprise Drive in Lake Katrine.
Dutchess County announces first COVID-19 death
Today, Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health [DBCH] confirmed the first death relating to COVID-19 in Dutchess County.
Saugerties supervisor Costello says town residents with COVID-19 are staying in NYC
Of the 23 known individuals infected with the COVID-19 virus in Ulster County as of Saturday, March 21 at least
Ulster’s COVID-19 count now at 23
The number of Ulster County cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, once called “novel” but now officially
Two SUNY New Paltz faculty test positive for coronavirus
Two members of the faculty at SUNY New Paltz, in the music and special education departments, have tested positive for coronavirus.
New York tattoo parlors, hair salons among latest businesses order to close
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced
