To keep us healthy...right.-----Gov. Hochul orders halt on elective surgery amid COVID spike, Omicron

Gov. Hochul orders halt on elective surgery amid COVID spike, Omicron

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  Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order halting elective surgeries amid an anticipated spike in COVID cases and staff shortages.
  

"Here we go again.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Friday to postpone elective hospital surgeries — something that hasn’t been done since the worst of the initial coronavirus outbreak last year.
Hochul said she made the move to deal with staffing shortages and boost bed capacity amid an anticipated “spike” in new cases and the emergence of the new Omicron variant in South Africa...Read all.