Ulster County to triple hospital bed capacity in preparation for COVID-19 surge
Ulster County will increase its hospital beds from about 100 to 335 by adding 235 beds at the Mary’s Avenue campus of HealthAlliance in Kingston.
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Financial advice in the time of COVID-19
How are financial advisors, those paid to help us laypeople plan for and ride out the ups and downs of economic life to match our goals for comfortable lives, speaking about the roiling stock market, business and personal income challenges of recent weeks?
Two with Saugerties mailing addresses recovering from C-19 in NYC
Of the 77 individuals infected with the coronavirus in Ulster County as of Wednesday, March 25 at least two have Saugerties mailing addresses — however, according to Assistant Deputy County Executive Dan Torres, both Saugertiesians tested positive and are being quarantined together in New York City. The other cases, he said, originated within the county.
Mailers bring coronavirus info directly to homes
Both Kingston Mayor Steve Noble and U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado have had coronavirus fact sheets mailed to their constituents in an effort to get good information in as many hands as possible, including those of people not on social media.
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.
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.
