State asks counties for their vaccination capabilities
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Dr. Dennis P. McKenna, president and CEO of Albany Medical Center, addresses local coronavirus concerns and vaccine distribution efforts during a joint press conference with clinical leaders from cross the Capital Region on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The state health department sent an email to New York s county health departments late Wednesday to gauge the capability of the local agencies to receive and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
CommunityCare to distribute coronavirus vaccine in Albany area
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Albany Medical Center President and CEO Dr. Dennis P. McKenna discusses the coronavirus vaccination as the hospital prepared Monday to inoculate the first members of its medical staff.Bethany Bump / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of8Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of8Dr. Michelle Chester holds a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less