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COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland COVID-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland
Covid-19: Pop-Up Vaccination Sites Added In Westchester, Rockland Two new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up in the Hudson Valley this week to provide first doses to thousands of New Yorkers. Those sites are: Westchester County: St. Thomas Episcopal Church on West Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck on Thursday, March, 18.  Rockland County: Haverstraw Community Center on Broad Street on Saturday, March 20. Appointments have already been filled at each site. They are among 16 new community-based pop-up vaccination sites coming online this week at churches, community centers, public housing complexes, and cultural centers in downstate N…

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COVID-19: Here's Where New Vaccine Allocations Are Being Shipped In Westchester COVID-19: Here's Where New Vaccine Allocations Are Being Shipped In Westchester
Covid-19: Here's Where New Vaccine Allocations Are Being Shipped In Westchester Nearly 6,000 new allocations of the COVID-19 vaccine are being distributed to locations throughout Westchester during the 10th week of the state’s vaccination program. Each week, the federal government supplies New York with between 250,000 and 300,000 doses of the vaccine - with more on the way - which are then distributed to different regions based on population. This week, Westchester was set to receive 5,900 more doses, distributed across the county based on need and risk, down slightly from the previous week. Those vaccines are then administered to those eligible, which includes reside…

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COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Vaccine Doses Administered, Received In Hudson Valley COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of Vaccine Doses Administered, Received In Hudson Valley
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of Vaccine Doses Administered, Received In Hudson Valley After a slow initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in New York, the state has stepped up its efforts to distribute shots to those eligible across the state. Statewide, a total of 77 percent of the COVID-19 vaccine allocated to New York by the federal government have been used as of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, up drastically from the first few weeks hospitals began administering shots. In total, 1,053,650 allocations of the first dose have been sent to New York, with 835,875 (79 percent) administered. The state has received 136,500 second doses, with 83,995 administered. There are now mo…

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COVID-19: Cuomo Lays Out New Vaccine Distribution Network After Slow Rollout COVID-19: Cuomo Lays Out New Vaccine Distribution Network After Slow Rollout
Covid-19: Cuomo Lays Out New Vaccine Distribution Network After Slow Rollout After seeing a slow initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccine allocations in New York hospitals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Department of Health are establishing a new, larger distribution network to administer more doses more quickly. Cuomo said that as the state’s vaccination plan moves forward and more doses are being administered to a larger cross-section of the population, there will be a larger distribution network that includes thousands of providers that will ease the burden off hospitals. The larger distribution network will include private doctors, FQHCs, County Health Departments, Ambul…

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