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COVID-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas COVID-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas
Covid-19: NY Pledges $15M To Help Boost Vaccination Rates In Lagging Areas With the more transmissible Delta COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across the country, state health officials are urging New Yorkers to ignore the rhetoric and go get the vaccine. During a COVID-19 briefing this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that nearly 75 percent of New Yorkers had been vaccinated, however, approximately 3.5 million people remain unvaccinated as the state contends with vaccine hesitancy among some communities. “Those who are vaccinated reduce the risk of hospitalization by 94 percent, so if you're vaccinated, you’re much less likely to get COVID to begin with, and i…

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