Articles About ys covid-19 news

• COVID-19 update

  By Megan BachmanJuly 29, 2021

  

  COVID-19 update for the week of July 26, 2021

• COVID-19 update— Greene goes down to ‘orange’

  By Megan BachmanJune 2, 2021

  

  In recent weeks, cases of COVID-19 in the county, and the state, have plummeted, and are now on par with levels seen during the summer of 2020. It’s been over two weeks since a new COVID-19 case was recorded in the 45387 area code.

• COVID-19 update— State health orders end June 2

  By Megan BachmanMay 29, 2021

  

  In Ohio, COVID-19 cases are falling. Vaccination eligibility is expanding. Masks are coming off. As a result, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced last week that most of the remaining health orders initially put in place last year will be lifted June 2.

• Indoor visitation suspended at Friends Care Community

  By YS News StaffOctober 29, 2020

  

  Indoor visitation is suspended at Friends Care Community until further notice due to COVID-19 increases in Greene County.

• COVID-19 update— ‘Worrisome’ trend? More new cases

  By Audrey HackettJune 25, 2020

  

  New cases of COVID-19 are rising in Greene County, Gov. Mike DeWine said at his June 18 press briefing. He highlighted Greene County as one of five southwest Ohio counties that have seen case increases in June.

• Yellow Springs Council passes resolution on masks; won’t enforce requirement

  By Megan BachmanJune 21, 2020

  

  At its June 15 virtual meeting, Village Council passed a resolution asking people to wear a facial covering, socially distance from one another and clean their hands frequently while in downtown Yellow Springs to slow the spread of COVID-19.

• ‘Worrisome’ COVID-19 rise in Greene County and SW Ohio

  By Audrey HackettJune 18, 2020

  

  Greene County is one of five southwest Ohio counties in which COVID-19 cases are rising, even as cases overall are falling in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine called the trend “worrisome” at his June 18 press briefing.

• A closer look at COVID’s first wave

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In light of reopening, the News reviews how the pandemic has played out so far in the village and county, and looks at plans to reduce the spread of the virus as the shutdown comes to an end.

• Yellow Springs’ own ‘Cassandra’: An interview with Dr. Allen Hunt

  By Megan BachmanJune 13, 2020

  

  This week, the News spoke with Dr. Allen Hunt, who was one of the earliest to sound the alarm about an impending pandemic. He addresses how the shutdown limited deaths from COVID-19, projections for a second wave, a potential vaccine and the problem with waiting for “herd immunity.”

• ‘We have to trust the math’: An interview with Dr. Skip Leeds

  By Megan BachmanJune 6, 2020

  

  Two weeks ago, Yellow Springs News editor Megan Bachman spoke with local physician Dr. Stuart “Skip” Leeds by phone to get his take on COVID-19 in the state of Ohio and Yellow Springs. He addresses masks, Ohio’s reopening plan, early pandemic projections, the possibility of a second wave and local responses to the threat.