A COVID-19 testing site for first responders is set to open in Covington this week, according to city officials. The site will be housed at the former Covington Elementary School site and will be used for emergency operations, along with providing virus testing. “We are so thankful for our selfless first responders and want to ensure they can stay safe as they continue to serve our greater community,” said Covington Mayor Jeff Wagner.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 2:01:08 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter - Metered Site

The three largest public safety agencies in Franklin County will no longer release the number of personnel who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the agencies said Monday. The Columbus Divisions of Fire and Police and the Franklin County sheriff’s office all cited consultations with legal counsel.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch

If you go outside at sunset, listen in the distance and you may hear something you don’t hear too often. Each night at dusk, bagpipes and drums will echo through neighborhoods across the country. "You should listen at sunset -- there are pipers and drummers all across the area," Thomas Johnson, a captain with Aurora Fire Department told FOX31.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

Sometimes miracles happen because every little thing goes right. And people involved are smart and creative and fearless. This is the story of a hairstylist, a team of automotive prototype designers and a massive global company that in just a few days went from creating high-tech cars guided by artificial intelligence with the use of robots to old-fashioned built-by-hand assembly the way things were done back in the 1900s.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

In a joint letter, members of Staten Island’s political delegation today called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio to work with relevant pension boards to ensure that first responders and other essential employees who die as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) be guaranteed contractual line-of-duty death benefit and payments.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com