{"id":333004,"date":"2021-09-01T01:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gov-hochul-wants-mandated-covid-testing-for-unvaxxed-school-workers\/"},"modified":"2021-09-01T01:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:05:27","slug":"gov-hochul-wants-mandated-covid-testing-for-unvaxxed-school-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gov-hochul-wants-mandated-covid-testing-for-unvaxxed-school-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gov. Hochul wants mandated COVID testing for unvaxxed school workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Gov. Hochul wants mandated COVID testing for unvaxxed school workers<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>ALBANY \u2014 Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday she\u2019s seeking \u201cthe legal clearance\u201d to mandate COVID-19 testing on unvaccinated public and charter school workers across the state \u2014 but shots in arms are her long-term goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want everyone vaccinated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have the same executive power that was in place last year. But if I did, sure as I\u2019m standing here, I would mandate it,\u201d she said during an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance at the University of Buffalo, in her hometown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s those outliers who could hold back the opportunity for all of us to open up schools in a safe way. And I don\u2019t want that to be the case. They will be having to be tested once a week. So we\u2019ll be making that a reality very shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state Health Department issued an emergency regulation Friday requiring masks for all staff and students in public and private schools regardless of vaccination status. <\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s office said she\u2019s negotiating an edict that would put in place mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing schedules for school staffers.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also said she wants to implement a mandatory vaccination requirement for all staffers working in state-regulated facilities and congregate settings. Workers in hospitals and long term care facilities are already required to get the shot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NY-schools.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A history lesson at West Brooklyn Community High School, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in New York.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-19307170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NY-schools.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NY-schools.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NY-schools.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul says unvaccinated school employees have \u201cto be tested once a week.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Kathy Willens, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both measures could soon be approved by the state Health Department\u2019s planning body \u2014 the Public Health and Health Planning Council \u2014 which is slated to meet this Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul also took a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of thinly veiled shots at her overbearing and disgraced predecessor, ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying, \u201cI will not be micromanaging\u201d local officials as they battle the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor was accused of ignoring local governments\u2019 vaccination plans, which critics say led to slow-rolling shots into arms last winter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere is a role for state government, a role for local government,\u201d she said, in an apparent nod to the former administration\u2019s lack of timely communication with local elected officials, who have said they would often find out about public health policy changes via new executive orders watching one of the daily COVID-19 briefings in real time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna have to assemble the dream teams again and get you all activated, but there\u2019ll be a different philosophy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be there to be the ally, but I will not be imposing state, people and locations on all of you without consultation, you tell us where there\u2019s gaps, tell us where something needs to be enhanced by the state, and we\u2019ll be there without stepping on the local public health agencies, how does that sound?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new governor also said an additional $65 million will be allocated to local governments to assist with issuing COVID-19 booster shots, which US health officials said could be available as soon as September.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kathy-Hochul2-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"New York Gov. Kathy Hochul \" class=\"wp-image-19307088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kathy-Hochul2-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kathy-Hochul2-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Kathy-Hochul2-.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul claims she \u201cwill not be micromanaging\u201d local governments like ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Kirkham\/The Buffalo <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nearly 70 percent of adult New Yorkers ages 18 and up have been fully vaccinated and nearly 80 percent of New Yorkers in the same category have received at least one vaccine dose according to state data.<\/p>\n<p>A little over 58 percent of all individuals eligible for the shot in the state have been fully vaccinated, and almost 70 percent in that group have received at least one vaccine dose.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Kathy Hochul said Tuesday she\u2019s seeking \u201cthe legal clearance\u201d to mandate COVID-19 testing on unvaccinated public and charter school workers across the state \u2014 but shots in arms are her long-term goal. \u201cI want everyone vaccinated,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t have the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hochul-covid-test-schools.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[115157,73787,70344,82862,98806,74212,69286],"class_list":["post-333004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-31-21","tag-charter-schools","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-public-schools","tag-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}