ALBANY COUNTY — The county has opened a Civil Service portal for people to apply for local government jobs: albany-portal.mycivilservice.com.

Health-care workers are to be vaccinated in hospitals, essential workers are to be vaccinated by city and county health departments or through unions, and people 65 or older are to be vaccinated by pharmacies and mass sites run by the state.

The proposed law was written by Senator Michelle Hinchey of the 46th District.

These local students were named to the dean’s list from their college or university for the fall 2020 semester:
 

— Natalie A. Borges of Altamont, majoring in nursing at University of Scranton in Pennsylvania with a grade point average of 3.5 and higher; 

These local students were named to the dean’s list from Fairfield University in Connecticut for the fall 2020 semester with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher:
 

— Amelia Kedik of Altamont;

— Julia Higgins of Delmar;

— Molly Lamendola of Delmar;

— Kiersten Murray of Delmar;

Governor Andrew Cuomo praised President Joe Biden’s recent implementation of testing international travelers. “These new strains are 30 percent to 70 percent more transmissible. That’s a problem and that’s why you’ll see those numbers going up,” Cuomo said.

On Monday, two different groups wrote to Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging change on vaccine distribution.

“It will be through due diligence and science that this decision will be made,” said Albany County Health Commissioner of whether high-risk sports will be allowed.

Counties with populations of at least 200,000 — Albany County has about 320,000 residents — were eligible to apply for federal funds to help landlords, County Executive Daniel McCoy said as he praised county staff for turning around an application in just three days.

“When it comes to this vaccine, access has to be fair all across the board,”said Governor Andrew Cuomo. “We’re working with 300 churches to distribute the vaccine. We’re working with public housing authorities all across the state.”