{"id":81620,"date":"2020-10-06T19:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T23:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=81620"},"modified":"2020-10-06T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T23:39:01","slug":"broome-county-in-yellow-zone-with-cluster-action-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/10\/06\/broome-county-in-yellow-zone-with-cluster-action-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Broome County in Yellow Zone with Cluster Action Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new cluster action initiative to address COVID-19 hot spots that have cropped up in Brooklyn, Queens, <\/span>and Broome,<\/span> Orange and Rockland Counties. For Broome County, they fall into the Yellow Zone, which is precautionary.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a release, the governor wrote that by working with the top public health experts, New York State developed a science-based approach to attack these clusters and stop any further spread of the virus, including new rules and restrictions directly targeted to areas with the highest concentration of COVID cases and the surrounding communities. <\/span><\/p>\n

The new rules will be in effect for a minimum of 14 days. <\/span><\/p>\n

“A cluster is just that – it’s a cluster of cases, a high density of cases, and it seeps and grows from that cluster almost in concentric circles. Drop a pebble into the pond, the pebble goes in, then there’s one ring, two rings, three rings, and the rings continue across the pond. When you see the cluster, you have to stop it at that point,” <\/span>Governor Cuomo said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative is composed of three steps: <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Take dramatic action within the cluster.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Take action in the area surrounding the cluster to stop the spread. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Take precautionary action in the outlying communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The initiative will currently apply to clusters in the following areas: <\/span><\/p>\n