#CDC reports 1 in 4 Americans are failing to wash their hands

#CDC reports 1 in 4 Americans are failing to wash their hands

“#CDC reports 1 in 4 Americans are failing to wash their hands” Experts have stressed the importance of thorough hand-washing amid the coronavirus pandemic. But according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 4 Americans are not properly following this practice. Frequent hand-washing is important to…

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#Mask wars: 2020’s most maddening trend

#Mask wars: 2020’s most maddening trend

“#Mask wars: 2020’s most maddening trend” A year ago, who’d have expected Americans to be brawling in supermarket aisles over a piece of cloth? Such is 2020. The nation has seen at least 15 shootings related to mask disagreements, two of them fatal. And always- vs. never-masker tensions keep getting physical. Just last week, an…

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#NY deploying COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals

#NY deploying COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals

“#NY deploying COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals” ALBANY — The New York State Department of Health will provide 400,000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to local governments, hospitals and other health care providers across the state, Gov. Cuomo announced Friday. The agency is prioritizing so-called hotspot cluster zones — neighborhoods experiencing upticks in…

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#NYC launches map tracking COVID-19 outbreaks

#NYC launches map tracking COVID-19 outbreaks

“#NYC launches map tracking COVID-19 outbreaks” New York City has launched a new map tracking coronavirus outbreaks as confirmed cases surge. The map allows New Yorkers to enter their address to determine whether they are in either of the three, color-coded zones — yellow, orange or red — the Gov. Cuomo administration has crafted to respond…

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#NYC agencies empowered to shut businesses amid coronavirus surge

#NYC agencies empowered to shut businesses amid coronavirus surge

“#NYC agencies empowered to shut businesses amid coronavirus surge” New York health commissioner Dave Chokshi on Thursday vested city agencies with the authority to shutter businesses that repeatedly flout coronavirus regulations, as an eleventh neighborhood crossed the troubling three-percent positivity rate threshold. The Department of Health announced the move hours after Mayor Bill de Blasio…

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