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Niagara County Health Department shifts vaccination strategies as appointments go unbooked
The Niagara County Health Department is switching the way they re distributing the COVID-19 vaccine as demand for the shot decreases.
and last updated 2021-04-21 17:23:19-04
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) â The Niagara County Health Department is switching the way they re distributing the COVID-19 vaccine as demand for the shot decreases. For the first time since the pandemic began, I did not order vaccine this week. I know that there are probably a couple dozen more counties that are doing the exact same thing because we don t have enough people wanting it, Dan Stapleton, the Niagara County Public Health Director, said.
Public Health Directors: New York s public health system needs to be reformed
Olivia Proia
Five public health directors overseeing six counties discuss the vaccine roll out with WKBW reporter Olivia Proia.
and last updated 2021-04-14 19:39:49-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Five public health directors overseeing six counties say this is the time for the state to examine the way the public health system is funded and reform it. If there s ever going to be a time where we can show why public health and the local health departments are more important than ever before, this is it, Dan Stapleton, Niagara County s Public Health Director, said.
Five public health directors overseeing six counties said their departments are underfunded. This caused a great deal of challenges pre-pandemic, and those challenges have worsened over the past year.
Western New York county public health directors discuss how vaccination rollout can be improved
Federica Narancio/AP
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on its website that it had received permission from the Food and Drug Administration that they can enroll children as young as 12 in its COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Federica Narancio/AP)
and last updated 2021-04-12 14:38:32-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Public Health Departments have had pandemic response plans for decades. The departments update these plans yearly and submit them to the state. Health directors said the state decided to not use those plans pertaining to vaccine distribution for the COVID-19 pandemic.