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COVID-19: DOJ Will Decide Whether To Probe Cuomo's Nursing Home Response, White House Says COVID-19: DOJ Will Decide Whether To Probe Cuomo's Nursing Home Response, White House Says
Covid-19: DOJ Will Decide Whether To Probe Cuomo's Nursing Home Response, White House Says The United States Department of Justice will determine whether or not to investigate the alleged underreporting of COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday, Jan. 29 that it will be up to the Department of Justice to investigate following a report from New York Attorney General Letitia James, which found that the state may have underreported nursing home deaths by upwards of 50 percent. Earlier story - COVID-19: NY AG Report Says Nursing Home Deaths May Have Been Undercounted By 50 Percent “I’ve seen those reports,” Psaki said during a …

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COVID-19: NY Health Director Denies Undercount On Nursing Home Deaths After Scathing AG Report COVID-19: NY Health Director Denies Undercount On Nursing Home Deaths After Scathing AG Report
Covid-19: NY Health Director Denies Undercount On Nursing Home Deaths After Scathing AG Report New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker is defending the state following Attorney General Letitia James’ newly released report that alleges COVID-19 deaths in the state's nursing homes were underreported by as much as 50 percent. The report found the state negligible for COVID-19-related deaths inside New York nursing homes that had previously gone unreported, which Zucker has denied in a lengthy statement released late on Thursday, Jan. 28, just hours after the report was released. Earlier story - COVID-19: NY AG Report Says Nursing Home Deaths May Have Been Undercounted By 50 Percent …

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COVID-19: NY Sets New Rules For Vaccines, Including Fines, Issues Updated Guidance For Schools COVID-19: NY Sets New Rules For Vaccines, Including Fines, Issues Updated Guidance For Schools
Covid-19: NY Sets New Rules For Vaccines, Including Fines, Issues Updated Guidance For Schools Some hospitals in New York are doing a better job than others in maximizing their allocations of COVID-19 vaccinations, and as a result, the state is launching new rules and possible fines. During a COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Jan. 4 in Albany, Cuomo said that while some New York have utilized nearly all of their allocated vaccinations, others, including several systems in downstate New York, have only used between 20 percent or 30 percent of their designated doses. 
Statewide, just 46 percent of the doses allocated to hospitals have been administered in the first few weeks of the vaccinat…

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