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A New Yorker receives a COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 8, at a state vaccination site at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, Manhattan.
(Provided photo â governor's office)
Vaccine eligibility requirements expanded to include a new swath of the population on Sunday. The Essex County Health Department has scheduled a vaccine clinic in the southern end of the county this week, and Franklin County Public Health is piecing together its vaccine distribution plan.
Those with comorbidities and underlying health conditions are now eligible to get vaccinated. That includes those with cancer or those in remission, chronic kidney disease, a pulmonary disease, intellectual and developmental disabilities, heart conditions, those who are immunocompromised, those who are pregnant, those who are obese or severely obese, those with a sickle cell disease or thalassemia, those with diabetes, a cerebrovascular disease, liver disease, and those with neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s or dementia. People in that segment of the population were able to set up an appointment starting on Sunday, though not everybody was able to schedule an appointment.