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through unemployment aid, rent assistance, school and mass transit funding, business loans and a smorgasbord of other programs.
What’s not in it? Notably, the billions of dollars in direct aid to New York state and New York City that Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Pallets of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccines are being shipped from an Olive Branch, Mississippi distribution center this morning.
During the early days of the pandemic, it is believed 54 residents died at the Hebrew Home of Riverdale, but there have not been any positive cases since June. Now with the vaccine actually there, president and CEO Daniel Reingold says it s a huge relief. Our residents are so excited that the possibility of hugging a loved one is going to be coming sooner than later, he said.
The vaccinations began at 10 a.m., with a team of six pharmacists from Walgreens going room by room. Staff from CVS will do the same at other facilities.
COVID Live Updates: 4 million cases, 50,000 deaths in US already in December
COVID-19 Live Updates, News and Information
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NEW YORK (WABC) Although thousands more Americans are set to be inoculated with the Moderna vaccine this week, the coronavirus continues to surge across much of the country.
The U.S. is currently averaging over 211,000 new COVID-19 cases every day, and just in the first 20 days of December, the country has already logged more 4 million confirmed cases. Additionally, there have been nearly 50,000 reported death recorded so far this month.
Last week, the U.S. reported more than 1.5 million COVID-19 cases, roughly equivalent to 150 Americans testing positive for the virus every minute.
Airlines Meet Cuomo s Ask to Test UK Flyers to NY Amid New Contagious COVID Strain Fears A new variant of the coronavirus surging through the U.K. has local leaders worried of its spread through airplane travel; while Gov. Cuomo says he s taking steps to keep it out of NY, he believes it s already here
Published December 21, 2020 •
Updated on December 22, 2020 at 2:16 am
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What to Know
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said British Airways, Delta and Virgin Atlantic have agreed to require pre-departure COVID tests of U.K. passengers before they fly to NY; the new strain hasn t yet been detected locally, officials say
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