2022 Public Health Press Release Archives
by Frank Kruppa, Public Health Director and Mental Health Commissioner
This week is the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic here in Tompkins County. I want to take this opportunity to thank the community and reflect on the pandemic’s impacts on our community, how far we have come amidst…
(Ithaca, N.Y.) – The Tompkins County Health Department must locate a cat that bit a person on Thursday, March 3, 2022, around 9:15 PM on North Tioga Street.
The cat is a friendly, lean, small to medium sized black shorthair with a collar, that is often seen in the area. It most likely lives in…
(Ithaca, N.Y.) -- The Tompkins County Health Department is sharing updated New York State masking guidance for P-12 schools. This updated guidance follows Governor Hochul’s announcement on Sunday, February 27 that the mask requirement in schools would end effective Wednesday, March 2. This change…
(Ithaca, N.Y., March 1, 2022) -- The Tompkins County Health Department is clarifying information related to the suspension of the local mask advisory. The advisory has been suspended as TCHD used the community levels calculation available on the CDC website. To determine “community level,” TCHD…
(Ithaca, N.Y., February 28, 2022) -- The Tompkins County Health Department is suspending the local mask advisory as the spread of COVID-19 and active COVID-19 hospital admissions have slowed. The advisory previously recommended that in Tompkins County all individuals wear a mask when in public…
(Ithaca, N.Y., February 25, 2022) - The Tompkins County Health Department is clarifying local mask advisory details following the CDC’s announcement adjusting their community level metrics related to masking and prevention steps. Tompkins County’s mask advisory will stay in effect as Tompkins…
(Ithaca, N.Y.) - The Tompkins County Health Department, Department of Emergency Response, and County Administration, in partnership with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance, will distribute adult-sized KN95 face masks to the community on Thursday, February 10 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on the Ithaca…
(Ithaca, N.Y.) – The Tompkins County Health Department is sharing an update on KN95 Masks and COVID-19 self-tests that are being distributed throughout the community, as well as sharing guidance on when and how to properly use these items.
Tompkins County purchased 250,000 adult-sized KN95 face…
(Ithaca, N.Y.) – The Tompkins County Health Department is notifying the community that the local mask advisory to stop the spread of COVID-19 remains in effect. Tompkins County continues to be in a high transmission area as defined by the CDC. TCHD continues to urge mask wearing for all…
(Ithaca, NY – February 8, 2022)– The Tompkins County Health Department is announcing an update to the website, which is now on the new platform adopted by all Tompkins County departments.
Frank Kruppa, Public Health Director stated, “We are excited to join the rest of the County departments on…
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