2021 Public Health Press Release Archives
The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the community to updated guidance used during contact tracing following a positive COVID-19 case. New guidance includes that fully vaccinated individuals who are exposed to a positive case but are asymptomatic do not need to quarantine, but instead…
The Tompkins County Health Department thanks all media outlets and others that published or broadcast our press release dated August 30, 2021, seeking a dog involved in a bite incident at the Roy H. Park Preserve. The reports, along with the community’s help, allowed the Health Department to…
TCHD is announcing 130 new positive COVID-19 cases. Of the 361 new positive cases over the past 7 days, a significant portion are related to arrival and surveillance testing as colleges resume operations for the fall semester. All confirmed positive cases are in isolation and contact tracing is…
Tompkins County Health Department (TCHD) is announcing recruitment for three types of positions to support the Tompkins County COVID-19 Response Team: Registered Professional Nurses to serve as per-diem case investigators, Project Assistants to assist with case monitoring efforts, and a Driver for…
The Tompkins County Health Department must locate a dog that bit a person at the Roy H. Park Preserve, on Irish Settlement Rd, in Freeville, on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at approximately 3:30 PM.
The dog is described as a smaller, medium sized, short haired, black dog, possibly with white on its…
The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the community to a rise in positive COVID-19 cases and detailing recent clusters and community spread. TCHD is reporting 40 new positive cases today and 177 new positive cases over the past 7 days (8/20/21-8/26/21). Along with the rise in cases,…
The Tompkins County Health Department must locate a dog that bit a person in the City of Ithaca on Sunday, August 22, 2021, at approximately 9:00 a.m. The person bitten is unfamiliar with the area but believes the location to be on one of the blocks located between Meadow St. and North Plain St.…
Today the Federal Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 and up. Full FDA approval replaces the previous Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer vaccine and further indicates that the vaccine meets the FDA’s high standards…
The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the community that Tompkins County is now in the “High” transmission rate as defined by the CDC. High transmission rate occurs when there are over 100 positive cases per 100,000 residents over a seven-day period. The advisory for County residents to…
The Tompkins County Health Department is sharing information on the recent New York State, federal CDC, and FDA recommendation that immunocompromised individuals receive an additional (third, or commonly referred to as a “booster”) dose of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. At this time TCHD…
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Samantha Hillson, Public Information Officer, shillson@tompkins-co.org
Shannon Alvord, Communications Coordinator, press contact, salvord@tompkins-co.org
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