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NYS urges nursing homes to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates
On Long Island, 48% of Nassau nursing home residents are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccination, while the number in Suffolk is 46%, health department officials said.
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Hochul announces new COVID-19 requirements for schools
"The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tests positive, those days are over," Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday.
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