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COVID-19: Westchester County Center To Reopen As Vaccination Site COVID-19: Westchester County Center To Reopen As Vaccination Site
Covid-19: Westchester County Center To Reopen As Vaccination Site With the number of COVID-19 cases surging, the Westchester County Center will once again return as a mass vaccination site. County Executive George Latimer announced during his latest COVID-19 briefing that the arena would begin offering pediatric vaccines, as well as booster shots, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The move comes as the county has seen an unprecedented spike in new cases of the virus amid the winter surge of fresh infections being reported, largely due to the outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. Testing at the County Center will take place at different times than the…

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COVID-19: New Time Frame Provided For When Vaccine Booster Shots May Be Necessary COVID-19: New Time Frame Provided For When Vaccine Booster Shots May Be Necessary
Covid-19: New Time Frame Provided For When Vaccine Booster Shots May Be Necessary Executives and experts at the center of COVID-19 pandemic response are now providing a more specific possible time frame for when Americans who were first to receive a vaccine dose may need to take a booster shot. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, speaking during an Axios event, said that the data he has reviewed supports the notion "that likely there will be a need for a booster somewhere between eight and 12 months" after the initial vaccination regime. That means those who were among the first to get a vaccine shot in mid to late December 2020 or early January 2021 would likely need a booster sh…

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by Joe Lombardi