Your post-Thanksgiving to-do list may include testing and/or quarantining:
==> If you gathered with people outside your household, you should get tested in the coming days, even if you don't feel symptoms (may take a few days after exposure before you test positive). [cont...]
==> You don't need to wait in line at CityMD to get tested. Sites run by @NYCHealthSystem have shorter waits and usually return results in 24-48 hrs.
==> If you have been in a non-contiguous state, you are required to fill out a traveler health form: forms.ny.gov/s3/Welcome-to-….
You must quarantine for 14 days, and will be contacted by #NYCTestandTrace to offer supportive services.
==> New York State has updated the traveler rules to allow you to “test out” of the mandatory 14-day quarantine. Read the full rules here: coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-trave…
Covid was rising steadily in NYC before the holiday, we need to work hard to prevent another surge in the days ahead. We can flatten this new curve if we all do our part.
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BREAKING: NYC announced reopening plan for public schools.
* Dec 7: Pre-K & K-5
* Dec 10: D75 special ed programs
* Moving to 5 day/week in person where possible
* Mandatory random testing weekly in schools
* No longer using 3% pos threshold
* No timeline for middle/high yet
* In-person learning only open to student already enrolled in blended learning.
* Student will only be allowed to return if their family completes a testing consent form, or has medical waiver.
* Plan is that 20% of students in each school will be randomly tested each week
* Parents can complete the testing consent form here: mystudent.nyc
Under-appreciated reason to get a Covid test in NYC: if you test positive it will unlock a whole menu of supportive services.
* To help you quarantine at home, City will provide delivery of food and Rx if needed. Free dog walking and pet drop-in services also available.
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* You will receive two at-home test kits for people in your household or other contacts
* You will receive a package including a digital thermometer and pulse oximeter, plus masks, hand sanitizer, and wipes.
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* You can access a free hotel room to safely isolate from your family, which include meals, Rx delivery, free wi-fi, medical staff on site, and transportation to and from hotel and medical appointments (3/)
NYC is not "approaching a 2nd wave" or "at risk of a 2nd wave". We are in the 2nd wave.
Cases, positivity, hospitalizations are all increasing sharply.
It's time to start rallying New Yorkers--again--to flatten the curve. (1/)
To flatten our 2nd-wave curve, NYers should:
* Work from home if you can
* Partake in activities like indoor dining judiciously
* Avoid indoor social gatherings with people outside your household
* Get tested regularly even if you are asymptomatic
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* If you are quarantining do not leave your home unless medically necessary
* Get a flu shot if you haven't yet
* Keep up the Core Four: #WearAMask, wash your hands, stay home if you don't feel well, keep 6 ft. apart where possible (3/)
BREAKING: Amidst sharp rise in cases, NYC is ordering closure of non-essential businesses and public & non-public school in 9 neighborhoods, as of Weds a.m.
BROOKLYN: Borough Park, Midwood, Bensonhurst, Flatlands, Sheepshead Bay
QUEENS: Far Rock, Edgemere, Kew Gardens, KG Hills
Detail on 9 neighborhoods with positivity above 3%, where all schools and non-essential businesses will be closed:
In another 10 neighborhoods, where rates are not as high but are rising at a worrisome pace, the following shutdown measures will be in place as of weds:
NEW: NYC Dept of Health has sent out an alert about rising covid cases in growing # of neighb's in BK & QNS, w/ rates doubling or tripling in recent weeks.
It is *critical* that everyone in all NYC neighborhoods: 1. Avoid indoor gatherings 2. Wear masks when in public 3. Get tested (visit nyc.gov/covidtest) 4. Do not treat a positive antibody test as a license to let your guard down
New Yorkers are exhausted from this pandemic. But it's not over.
To continue a steady pace of reopenings we have *got* to double down on taking personal precautions. The risk of a citywide rebound is all too real.