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• Playgrounds shut down in Hamburg

  05-04-2020 23:55 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Town of Hamburg is doing its part to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Hamburg is closing its playgrounds for public use starting Monday, April 6. Town Supervisor Jim Shaw says staff will monitor the most heavily trafficked parks to ensure the rules are enforced and that the move was “essential to […]
  
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• Chautauqua County reporting 18 cases of coronavirus

  05-04-2020 22:13 via wivb.com
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y.(WIVB)- Chautauqua County health officials are now reporting a total of 18 cases of COVID-19, with four new cases confirmed Saturday. The four people are a 30-year-old- man, a 70-year-old man, and two women in their 50s. The following is a breakdown of all county cases: ·       18 confirmed ·    12 active ·       5 recovered […]
  
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• Poloncarz: Local police can enforce NY PAUSE, violators could be fined up to $2,000

  05-04-2020 22:06 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) – Violators of New York State’s PAUSE order could be subject to up to a $2,000 fine for a first time violation, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said during a Sunday press conference. Poloncarz added that enforcement of the PAUSE Act can be done by local police, and that local law enforcement departments are […]
  
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• Wendy’s increasing workers’ hourly pay by 10% for next 5 weeks

  05-04-2020 21:45 via wivb.com
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Wendy’s announced it will be increasing its workers’ pay during the next few weeks as the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread.  In a recent letter sent to workers, Wendy’s announced it will be giving hourly crew members, shift managers and assistant general managers in company restaurants a 10% increase in hourly pay over the […]
  
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• Over 1,000 COVID-19 cases in Erie County, up to 39 cases at Father Baker Manor

  05-04-2020 21:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – There are now 1,057 positive COVID-19 cases in Erie County, County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced during a Sunday press conference. Of those cases, 26 have died. As of yesterday’s report, 201 people have been hospitalized with 105 in ICU. 167 people have recovered. Nearly 2,000 people in the county are in […]
  
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• 27 deaths,1,059 COVID-19 cases in Erie County

  05-04-2020 21:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – UPDATE: As of 8:07 p.m. April 5, there are now 27 coronavirus deaths in Erie County according to the county’s COVID-19 map. The total number of cases is at 1,059 while the recovery total has increased to 171. ORIGINAL: There are now 1,057 positive COVID-19 cases in Erie County, County Executive […]
  
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• Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks to alleviate stress on NYC hospitals by shifting COVID-19 patients between hospitals

  05-04-2020 19:09 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — At his Sunday press conference, Governor Andrew Cuomo asked hospitals across the state to work together like never before in order to defeat COVID-19. As coronavirus continues to spread, New York City hospitals are becoming overloaded with patients, and Cuomo said the health care system across the state needs to work […]
  
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• WWII veteran recovers from coronavirus just in time for 104th birthday: “I made it”

  05-04-2020 18:57 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – A “resilient” 104-year-old man who lived through the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression and World War II has now recovered from the coronavirus. William “Bill” Lapschies contracted the virus at the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home in Oregon, CBS affiliate KOIN reports. He first started showing symptoms on March 5 and been isolated in his room, […]
  
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• Delaware Park Loop to be closed to vehicles to encourage park visitors to spread out

  05-04-2020 18:26 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) -Warmer weather is causing Buffalonians to flock to Delaware Park- but to maintain social distancing, Mayor Byron Brown said that park patrons need to start spreading out. To help parkgoers keep their distance from each other, the Delaware Park Loop is closing to vehicular traffic on Monday. Pedestrians and bicycles will still be able […]
  
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• Surgeon general warns US of `saddest week’ and `9/11 moment’

  05-04-2020 17:25 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeon General Jerome Adams offered some of the starkest warnings yet Sunday as he braced Americans for the worsening fallout from the new coronavirus, warning “this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives, quite frankly.” The number of people infected in the U.S. has exceeded 300,000, […]
  
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• Remembering the great toilet paper shortage of 1973

  05-04-2020 16:21 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – One store manager marveled, “They buy before we can put it on the shelf!” “I thought because there was going to be a shortage I would come and stock up,” said one customer, “but I see someone beat me to the punch.” Yep, it happened before: a toilet paper scare during the […]
  
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• “Victory Gardens” for the war against COVID-19

  05-04-2020 16:15 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – This week the flowers at Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach, California are in full, dazzling bloom. It’s as if to remind us that, even in the middle of our upended lives, spring somehow arrived on time. But these days, only the bees seem to be interested in flowers. Right now, nurseries like […]
  
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• Pope celebrates without public in St. Peter’s

  05-04-2020 15:37 via wivb.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday Mass without the public because of the coronavirus pandemic, which he said should focus people’s attention on what’s most important, despite heavy hearts — using one’s life to serve others. Looking pensive and sounding subdued, Francis led the first of several solemn Holy Week ceremonies that […]
  
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• Disney chairman Bob Iger to forgo his salary to help company during coronavirus pandemic

  05-04-2020 15:22 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Earlier this month, cities around America started shutting down, businesses went dark, and people started getting laid off. If anyone hadn’t recognized the growing severity of the coronavirus outbreak at that point, the closure of Disney theme parks on March 12 was likely the sign that convinced them. On Monday, The Walt Disney Company had an […]
  
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• Salamanca City School’s making masks for medical workers

  05-04-2020 05:02 via wivb.com
  SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB)–The Salamanca City School District announced its pooling together resources to help those on the frontlines of the fight against coronavirus. They’re making 3-d printed n-95 facemasks with disposable breathing filters, which will go to health care facilities. District officials said they’re happy to be helping healthcare workers and putting their 3-d printing […]
  
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• Erie County leaders say no ventilators were taken from Western New York hospitals

  05-04-2020 04:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)–As the coronavirus pandemic escalates in New York City, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that hospitals throughout the state have to send ventilators and other supplies downstate to help. “Once we reach our apex in this community, all the ventilators that are in the community now, available for the health of members in this […]
  
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• Albany hotel becomes temporary getaway for medical professionals

  05-04-2020 04:08 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany Hilton Garden Inn has created “Heroes Landing,” a respite for hospital workers at area hospitals like Albany Medical Center and St. Peter’s Hospital. With an influx of patients and punishing round-the-clock schedules, hospital staff on the front lines of the coronavirus battle needs time to rest between shifts. Heroes […]
  
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• New York Blood Center launches convalescent plasma donation program

  05-04-2020 03:57 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (NEWS10) — While COVID-19 has no proven treatment, the New York Blood Center says that blood plasma from recovered patients contains antibodies that could help against the virus. The convalescent plasma treatments would ideally be used for severe cases, administering a transfusion of the healed donor’s plasma—convalescent plasma—whose antibodies could help clear the […]
  
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• Corona beer halts production during coronavirus pandemic

  05-04-2020 03:01 via wivb.com
  (CBS News)–A brand that has been in the public eye amid the coronavirus pandemic due to its name announced this week that it is temporarily halting operations. The production of Corona beer is now suspended as it is considered a “non-essential business.”  Grupo Modelo, the company that produces Corona beer, announced on Twitter Thursday it will stop brewing its beverages starting […]
  
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• Local daycare worker spreads joy with photoshopped Easter bunny pictures

  05-04-2020 00:38 via wivb.com
  (WIVB)-With the coronavirus pandemic, Easter will be quite different this year. Emily Thrasher, who owns First Friends Daycare in Buffalo, came up with an idea to spread a little love in these uncertain times. “I have a one-year-old daughter and I was thinking about how frustrating and sad I wasn’t going to have an Easter […]
  
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