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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has given up trying to work with Andrew Cuomo amid the governor s sexual harassment scandal and alleged nursing home deaths cover-up. I have tried for seven years and I learned long ago it doesn t work because he doesn t seek collaboration with others, de Blasio said on National Public Radio s All Things Considered program when he was asked if he would commit to trying to work with the governor to combat the pandemic. I think that s coming out more and more. Bottom line, I m going to defend the people of New York City, de Blasio, who has called for Cuomo to resign, said. If I have to do that very publicly and if I have to challenge the governor I will.
A nursing home resident receives a shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, in Brooklyn s Bath Beach neighborhood in New York City, US, Jan 6, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
US nursing homes, once the deadliest COVID-19 sites in the US, have experienced a significant fall in cases and deaths since December in a trend largely attributed to the rollout of millions of vaccine doses, federal government figures show.
The weekly rate of COVID-19 cases at nursing homes fell 89 percent between early December and the second week of February, the US Health and Human Services Department said. By comparison, the nationwide case rate fell 58 percent and remains higher than figures reported before late October.
In Line for Vaccination, and Not Getting Younger
Residents and workers at long-term-care facilities are high-priority candidates for the Covid-19 vaccines. But many are still waiting.
Ruth Ann Platt of Gainesville, Ga., received her second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after spending seven months in her room. Now, she said, “I would love to find someone who plays a good game of pinochle.”Credit.Nicole Craine for The New York Times
Published Feb. 5, 2021Updated Feb. 23, 2021
Ruth Ann Platt, watching the news on television about effective vaccines for the coronavirus, couldn’t wait for them to reach her nursing home in Gainesville, Ga. “I thought it was a great thing from the get-go,” she said.