Yonker‘ Free Pre‘‘ FRIDAY MARCH 5, 2020 - BRIAN HARROD PUBLISHER Yonkers skating rink to be sanitized due to potential exposure to COVID-19 virus Yonkers To Coronavirus conditions." Officials said the man is from the Hempstead suburb of Union- Temporarily Close Update dale. Tnew New York City cases a man E.J. Murray’s By BRIAN HARROD in his 40s and a woman in her 80s has a known connection to travel or any Skating Rink previously diagnosed local COVID-19 Two more people in the city have patients, marking what appears to be By CHRISTINA GILMARTIN - tested positive for coronavirus and fresh community spread in the five CITY OF YONKERS are hospitalized in an intensive care boroughs. unit and more cases have been con- Two schools in Manhattan an- firmed elsewhere in the state, includ- nounced that they will be closed on ing the first on Long Island, bringing Friday, amid the spread of COVID- Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano to- New York’s total to 22 cases. 19 cases. day announced the temporary clos- Most of the new cases an- The Spence School on the Upper ing of E.J. Murray’s Skating Rink nounced Thursday were in Westch- East Side said on its website that it in Yonkers due to potential exposure ester County and are tied to the mid- will be closed for a "comprehensive to the COVID-19 Virus (or coron- town Manhattan lawyer whose case sanitization of the entire campus." avirus). marked the state’s first instance of On the other side of the island, Out of an abundance of caution, community spread. Upper West Side’s Collegiate School the city decided to close the public Awareness is at an all-time high in said on its website that it will be rink for cleaning and sanitizing after Westchester County after a new clus- closed as well, but did not provide a learning members of a local hockey ter of cases of coronavirus (COVID- reason. team who recently played at the rink 19) was discovered Wednesday and That concern is only grow- are now being quarantined because of Thursday. ing as more cases pop-up where possible contact with the coronavirus. Two employees at Iona College in "superspreaders" apparently passed “While we have no evidence rink New Rochelle have been placed un- the disease to others. patrons were directly exposed to the der self-quarantine for possible con- The Westchester attorney who virus, we are moving ahead with tact with COVID-19. had an underlying respiratory illness, a temporary closure of the rink to Two public school districts in and was hospitalized in the state’s conduct a thorough cleaning,” said Mount Vernon and Hastings also first case of person-to-person spread, Mayor Spano. closed, as well as suspending all after- apparently passed it on to his neigh- school activities. bor and family, who passed it on to a “We cannot be too careful right Meanwhile, for students at Iona friend’s family – and, possibly, others. now, and do not want to place resi- College, the school says it is deep In New Jersey, a 32-year-old man dents at additional risk. We ask res- cleaning and sanitizing their facilities, tested positive for novel coronavirus idents to continue to be mindful and but not saying where the two employ- but officials are awaiting a confirmed stay home if they are not feeling well ees worked on campus. positive from the CDC and to practice regular hand wash- ing.” The school has also cancelled all E.J. Murray’s Skating Rink, lo- of their spring break service trips and cated at 348 Tuckahoe Road, is ex- international programs, with no deci- pected to reopen in the coming days. sion made ye ton summer or fall can- cellations. Residents are encouraged to call The Long Island patient is a 42- the Mayor’s 24-hour hotline for any year-old man from Nassau County updates of city program or facility who is hospitalized and, according closings at 914-377-HELP (4357). to Cuomo, had "underlying medical
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