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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that as part of his effort to make the vaccine available to members of Black, brown, and poorer communities, sites would be set up at St. Hugh of Lincoln Church in Huntington Station and Memorial Presbyterian Church in Roosevelt.
Both sites, in coordination with Northwell Health, are set to open at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26. They are two of eight being set up across the state as part of Cuomo’s vow to ensure equality in distributing the vaccine.
At St. Hugh of Lincoln Church, all 250 appointments have already been filled for Tuesday, while there were still some available at Memorial Presbyterian as of late on Sunday night.
The appointments were scheduled independently by each church after being set up by the state.
“The undeniable fact is that COVID has killed the Black and Latino communities at a higher rate than the white community,” Cuomo said. “There is no getting around that and it's why New York has made ensuring fairness and equity in the vaccine distribution such a priority.
As of Monday, Jan. 25, New York has administered 1,144,070 first doses of the vaccine out of 1,304,050 administered. There have been 564,600 second doses received, with 139,929 administered.
On Long Island, 149,370 first doses have been received, with 144,508 being administered, among the highest percentage out of the state’s 10 regions.
“I understand there is a level of skepticism about the vaccine given how it was managed by the previous administration, but that's why New York did its own review,” Cuomo added. “It’s safe, it's effective, and it's the weapon that will win the war, but we will only be successful if everyone is on board.”
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