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Central Coordinating Team Will Help Implement Statewide Public-Private Hospital Plan to Share Information, Supplies, Staff and Patients Among Hospitals Across the State

New Online Portal Will Launch Today to Connect Hospitals to Volunteer Healthcare Workers and Help Prioritize Deployment to Hospitals with the Greatest Need

Confirms 9,298 Additional Coronavirus Cases in New York State – Bringing Statewide Total to 75,795; New Cases in 44 Counties

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new hospital network Central Coordinating Team that will help facilitate a more coordinated and strategic approach among the state’s healthcare system in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coordinating team will help implement the statewide public-private hospital plan, which the Governor announced yesterday, to share information, supplies, staff and patients among hospitals across the State. The team will be responsible for organizing upstate to downstate staffing; assisting Elmhurst Hospital and other stressed hospitals; setting patient thresholds for hospitals; organizing patient transfers to other hospitals and the USNS Comfort; coordinating State-City stockpiles and individual hospital stockpiles; and facilitating staffing recruitment.

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The team will be led by the State Department of Health and includes the Westchester, New York City and Long Island healthcare systems, the Greater New York Hospital Association and the Healthcare Association of New York State. The team will also work with FEMA and the federal government.

This virus does not discriminate — no one is immune to it — and people must continue to be cautious.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Governor Cuomo also announced the State is launching an online portal that will help connect hospitals and healthcare facilities across the state with the nearly 80,000 healthcare workers who have volunteered to work on a temporary basis during the COVID-19 pandemic. The portal will prioritize the deployment of workers to hospitals with the greatest need; volunteers are expected to be deployed as early as this Thursday.

“As we continue to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have two missions – preparing our hospital system so it is not overwhelmed when the apex of the curve hits and ensuring people stay home so they don’t get the virus in the first place,” Governor Cuomo said. “We are following the mathematical projections of the experts and preparing for the main battle at the apex by procuring as much equipment as we can, increasing our hospital capacity and supporting hospital staff. We met with the entire state hospital system for the first time ever and established an unprecedented new approach to work cooperatively as one unified, statewide healthcare system to defeat this virus. This virus does not discriminate — no one is immune to it — and people must continue to be cautious, think of others and not leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.”

Finally, the Governor confirmed 9,298 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 75,795 confirmed cases in New York State. Of the 75,795 total individuals who tested positive for the virus, the geographic breakdown is as follows:

Source:

“Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Governor Cuomo Announces New Hospital Network Central Coordinating Team.” Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, 31 Mar. 2020, www.governor.ny.gov/news/amid-ongoing-covid-19-pandemic-governor-cuomo-announces-new-hospital-network-central.

 

WARREN COUNTY HAS A TASTE OF OPTIMISM FOR OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS!

Take time for takeout!

The Warren County Board of Supervisors has launched an effort to promote the local restaurants that are working to keep everyone fed and their staffs employed as we wait out the COVID-19 outbreak by staying safe at home.

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Our Warren County Tourism Department, with the assistance of Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce, has put together an exhaustive list of all of the region’s eateries that remain open (believe us, it was not easy!)

It includes everything from burgers and pizza-and-wings to some rather refined cuisine in Warren County and adjacent communities.

Local institutions such as The Bullpen in Glens Falls, The Log Jam in Queensbury, The Garrison in Lake George and George Henry’s in Warrensburg are ready to cook you a hot meal tonight to enjoy at home.

While state social distancing rules have closed dining rooms around the state and country, nearly 90 restaurants and stores remain open around Warren County to provide meals for those who are hard at work, or a nice change-of-pace from the humdrum days of staying safe at home.

They have changed practices to ensure safe cooking, delivery and pickup.

The Board of Supervisors would love to see government workers, including our fine county workers in particular, support your favorite eateries to keep them going and the economy churning as best we can.

We ask that you share your visit on social media if possible, including social media tagging of the restaurant(s) you visit and the hashtag #TakeTimeForTakeout, to show your friends and neighbors which of our great eateries are open for business!

The full list can be found on the Warren County Tourism Department’s website.

Enjoy!

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