About this series
Michael Apostolakos, chief medical officer at Strong Memorial Hospital, has been at the forefront of treating, monitoring, and communicating about COVID-19 in the greater Rochester community since the pandemic began. His regular email updates have kept the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) community apprised of the status of the infection and have included important details and resources on staying healthy, as well the current COVID-19 prevention protocols in place. Now, the COVID-19 Resource Center is featuring a digest form of these updates as a way to share important information with the broader University community.
February 1, 2022: We have finally begun to see a slow but steady decrease in hospitalization rates, and projections show this downward trend continuing in coming days and weeks. We’re also poised to welcome a military medical team to Strong Memorial as early as next week; hospital leadership is currently awaiting more details on the make-up of this team to appropriately match their skills to where our greatest needs lie. We are grateful to our federal, state, and local officials for making these resources available, and it’s our hope that these and other efforts will bring some much needed relief to our heroic staff who have been working so hard in such challenging circumstances!
Eva Pressman, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, answers common questions about COVID boosters in pregnancy and breastfeeding in this new two-minute video. She discusses safety, efficacy, timing of the booster dose, breastfeeding following a booster and more.
UR Medicine Labs will begin a staged reopening of some of its locations that were temporarily closed due to staff illnesses. As early as Wednesday, the Victor location at 6532 Anthony Dr. will begin operations, and next week, two more locations will reopen: one in Rochester (125 Lattimore Road) and the other at East Ridge Family Medicine in Irondequoit (999 East Ridge Road). Please check the UR Medicine Labs website for up-to-date hours by location.
Helpful links
- View the University’s COVID-19 Dashboard
- To view up-to-date data on COVID-19 vaccination rates in the Rochester region, see the Finger Lakes Vaccine Hub
- View Monroe County data on COVID-19 cases