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Masks are no longer required on public transportation or in correctional facilities and shelters as a new Omicron booster becomes more widely available to New Yorkers.
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Governor Hochul said the health department is keeping a close eye on the rise of new subvariants.
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Dr. Stephen Thomas, a virologist and infectious disease specialist, discusses how the omicron variant differs from the delta, and how to protect yourself from COVID-19 as we enter year three. Public health professor Christopher Morley explains the numbers that help track the pandemic.
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With the popularity of at-home COVID-19 tests growing, and the omicron variant continuing to spread at increased rates, many are wondering how effective these tests are at detecting the new variant.
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As college students around the state remain on winter break, campuses across New York state will begin hosting free COVID testing for the general public this week.
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County leaders are recommending central New Yorkers hunker down and use the tools they have available to fight COVID-19, as the Omicron variant causes the number of positive cases to spike.
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New York continues to break records for residents testing positive for the coronavirus, even though there is a shortage of at-home tests and there can be long waits at testing centers.
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Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon is expecting the omicron variant to dominate new cases of the coronavirus within the next few weeks. He figures the quick-moving virus combined with the holidays will pack a punch.
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Onondaga County is urging people to get tested before gathering on Christmas, in an attempt to stem the spread of the more-contagious omicron variant of COVID-19.
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The omicron variant has been identified in Onondaga County, but officials are not surprised the highly infectious variant of the coronavirus has been identified locally.