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Southern Tier residents are being cautioned that the coronavirus pandemic is still raging.

New York has dropped the requirement to quarantine following exposure to COVID if the person has been fully vaccinated. This policy applies to everyone who received their second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

The Broome County Health Department is holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics January 7 & 8 for healthcare workers.

Broome County is now reporting the most residents hospitalized due to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

The Broome County Health Department is advising people who attended Two Rivers Church on November 15, they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Possible exposure to the coronavirus is again being reported on Broome County public transportation routes.

Tioga and Cortland County health officials are issuing advisories for locations where people may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

With coronavirus infection rates across the country continuing to be above New York’s 14-day quarantine requirement, those travel rules are being modified.

Tioga County Health officials issue an advisory for a location where someone testing positive for the coronavirus may have exposed others to the virus.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is continuing to “highly discourage” travel between the Empire State and the states sharing its border.

Riders at times on two separate county public transit bus routes may have been exposed to a person testing positive for the coronavirus.

New sites where people may have been exposed to the coronavirus and tracers are not able to identify everyone are on a bus, at a bar and in a grocery store.

People currently in quarantine due to the pandemic will not be able to vote in-person if their 14-day lockdown just began and should apply for absentee ballots.

Broome and Cortland County Health officials are reporting new possible exposure sites to the coronavirus.