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CANANDAIGUA -- Canandaigua Emergency Squad Chief Matt Sproul is urging the community to contact Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state public health commissioner and demand that first responders be included among the first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
With the COVID-19 vaccine now underway, the governor’s office said New York was expecting to receive an initial allocation of 170,000 vaccines, and expects further allocations in the following weeks.
The Finger Lakes is expected to get 11,150 vaccines initially.
According to the governor’s office, high-risk healthcare workers, nursing home residents and staff are prioritized first to receive the vaccine, followed by other long-term and congregate care staff and residents and EMS and other health care workers.