NYC doctors reflect on 1 year of COVID-19 pandemic
As a mass vaccination effort is underway for the world to seek a return to normal, two doctors who worked the front lines last March are reflecting on the year.
9/11 tribute in NYC will once again include live reading of names
Commemorations will also again include the Tribute in Light, the art installation consisting of two beams of light evoking the twin towers destroyed in the attack.
Watch the newscast from the night the world changed - March 11, 2020
On March 11, 2020, everything changed. It was the date that former President Trump suspended travel from 26 European countries. New York City became a ghost town, with many of the streets seemingly empty. The NBA had also decided to suspend its season after a player tested positive for COVID-19. That player was Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert. He has since recovered. The NYC St. Patrick s Day Parade in 2020 was also announced at postponed on March 11, 2020.
More access and more shots means a quicker recovery, and that s what we want, he said.
These CHC sites will be federally-funded and organized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an effort to expand the CHC vaccine program, which works to increase vaccine availability and access in underserved and minority communities where access to vaccines has been a major challenge. Remember, one of the biggest issues with getting people vaccinated has been access, added Schumer. Especially in our underserved and disadvantaged communities. We ve heard numerous stories of people having to travel way too far to get a vaccine, hampering our ability to recover from the pandemic and return to normal. With this announcement of more vaccines and the sites poised to open up, New York is positioned to get more shots in arms, especially in areas where COVID has hit the hardest.
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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City announced they will be reopening to the public with restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Thursday, March 25, the museum will initially open with a four-day per week schedule (Thursday-Sunday, 10:00am-5:00pm).
Officials say enhanced health and safety measures will be implemented, including a mandatory face covering policy, enforced social distancing, capacity limits (25 percent), timed ticketing and increased cleaning and disinfecting procedures.
New and Restored Experiences
As part of an ongoing commitment to open and interpret spaces inside the WWII-era ship, officials say the Intrepid s pilot escalator has been restored and made available to the public for the first time in decades.