Putnam County Businesses Remain Committed to Safety

COVID vaccines are offering hope: an end is in sight for this very difficult and challenging year. The local health and business community, along with Putnam residents, has been and continues to collaborate in a supreme group effort to push back this virus. Now the Putnam County Economic Development Corporation and Putnam County Tourism are heralding local businesses and their continuing efforts to stop the spread.

One technically innovative creation comes from Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, where a new device is being used to take the guesswork out of social distancing. This device works by using radio waves to measure and maintain safe distances between visitors. The museum is the first in the county to utilize this “active tag,” that is used in concert with contactless ticket exchange, mandatory online reservations, sanitation stations, temperature checks and other safety measures, as the museum director helps reshape how public spaces function.

Dr. Michael J. Nesheiwat, commissioner of health at the Putnam County Department of Health said, “These times have been extraordinarily tough for all of us — from our school-aged children to our seniors and everyone in-between. Together we have made progress, and this could not have happened without business support of the NYSDOH directives.”

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