Oswego County is gearing up to respond to a winter of COVID-19 cases and the new mask mandate.
The county is partnering with the community on next steps.
The legislature approved of a restructuring plan aimed at helping the health department. It will focus on disease monitoring, health education and emergency planning and response.
The CDC reports the last seven day positivity rate average in the county is around 13%.
County officials say it’s not the highest they’ve seen, but that it should improve.”Yes, we can work separately in each of our communities in the county and the city and Oswego Health, but we work better together,” Deana Michaels, city of Fulton mayor, said. “And we came together in the last week or so to talk about the real numbers, what is happening and what we need to do together to keep our communities safe.”
Officials say there are three new cases of the Omicron variant in Central New York and still pushing on the community to wear masks.
