ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is prepping for a potential fall surge in COVID-19 cases when schools reopen by stockpiling tests and keeping mask mandates on the table, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday.
“We need to be cognizant of what could be our future,” the governor said during a Manhattan press conference. “If anything, this pandemic, COVID, has taught us that preparations are the key to, literally, survival.”
Hospitalizations and infections are already on the rise in the Empire State thanks to the the BA.5 subvariant of omicron, which has proven to be particularly good at evading protections from vaccinations and prior infections.
