JAMESTOWN -The National Comedy Center announced Sunday that it is closing the Comedy Center and the Lucy Desi Museum temporarily, effective immediately until further notice, as a precautionary measure. The National Comedy Center stated its highest … [Read more...]
Jamestown Schools Cancels Classes Starting Monday, March 16
JAMESTOWN - All classes have been cancelled for Jamestown Public School students beginning Monday, March 16. At this time, classes are not expected to resume until Monday, April 20. School officials said in a media release that while there are not … [Read more...]
Chautauqua County Executive Declares a State of Emergency Due to Novel Coronavirus
MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel declared a State of Emergency at 5 p.m. on Sunday due to the novel Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19). The local state of emergency will remain in effect for a period not to exceed thirty days or until … [Read more...]
New York State Calls for Cancellation of Any Event that Involves Assembly of 500 or More People in Response to Coronavirus
ALBANY - As New York prepares for an expected rise in the number of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the coming days and weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday that there will be a limit on mass gatherings starting Friday. During … [Read more...]
First Confirmed Case of COVID-19 Detected in WNY, Two Chautauqua County Residents in Precautionary Quarantine
ROCHESTER - The first confirmed case of the novel Coronavirus has been detected in Western New York. Late Wednesday night the county executive for Monroe County along with the county's Public Health Commissioner confirmed the first case of … [Read more...]
County Health and Human Services Director Gives Coronavirus Update to City Council
JAMESTOWN - So far there have been no cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Chautauqua County, but there is one person currently in precautionary quarantine due to recently traveling abroad. That was the update provided Monday by the … [Read more...]
New York has 105 Cases of Novel Coronavirus, Majority in Westchester County
ALBANY - The latest number of individuals in New York State who've been diagnosed as having the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is now up to 105. That's the latest figure provided by the governor's office after 16 new cases were identified late … [Read more...]
State Officials Give Update on Coronavirus, Local Officials Create Task Force to Prepare for Possible Cases
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced that New York State’s coronavirus (COVID-19) caseload is now at 22. The governor said that as of Thursday, there were 18 cases in Westchester County, three in New York City, and one in Nassau … [Read more...]
Cuomo Calls for $40 Million in Emergency Funding to Deal with Coronavirus, Directs Health Insurers to Waive Testing Costs
ALBANY - State health officials had been preparing for the coronavirus in New York even before the first case was detected over the weekend. That's from Governor Andrew Cuomo, who said it wasn't a matter of "if" but "when" COVID-19 would appear in … [Read more...]
First Case of Coronovarus Found in New York
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - New York has confirmed its first case of coronavirus. On Sunday Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced details of the case, saying the infected patient is a woman in her late 30s who contracted the virus while traveling in Iran. She … [Read more...]
