New York City expects to receive its initial shipment of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday and will dedicate it to homebound seniors and others who cannot get to distribution centers.
HEMPSTEAD, Long Island (WABC) People in nursing homes have been especially vulnerable and isolated during the pandemic and many have not seen their loved ones in person for months.
Now that New York State has started to allow family visitation again, Eyewitness News is taking a look at how facilities are keeping their residents safe.
There was a special reunion at the Nassau Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hempstead on Wednesday.
Jocelyn Moor, a 93-year-old resident, got to see her daughter and son-in-law for the first time in months.
And while there was no close contact, and just air hugs, there were moments of tenderness and almost normalcy.
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The solemn event began with an interfaith prayer service led by Father Luke Hoyt, from Holy Innocents Catholic Church; Rabbi Annie Tucker, from Temple Israel Center; and Imam Shaffieq Chace, from Islamic Center of New Rochelle. In this year where we have all experienced so much pain and loss, we stand in solidarity as brothers and sisters praying for safety and healing for our families, our community, and our world, Tucker said.
The prayers were followed by remarks from Latimer, Jenkins, and Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin; poems read by the county s Poet Laureate B.K. Fischer and the county s Youth Poet Laureate Danielle Kohn; and a musical interlude from a string quartet made up of students and faculty from White Plains High School.
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The solemn event began with an interfaith prayer service led by Father Luke Hoyt, from Holy Innocents Catholic Church; Rabbi Annie Tucker, from Temple Israel Center; and Imam Shaffieq Chace, from Islamic Center of New Rochelle. In this year where we have all experienced so much pain and loss, we stand in solidarity as brothers and sisters praying for safety and healing for our families, our community, and our world, Tucker said.
The prayers were followed by remarks from Latimer, Jenkins, and Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin; poems read by the county s Poet Laureate B.K. Fischer and the county s Youth Poet Laureate Danielle Kohn; and a musical interlude from a string quartet made up of students and faculty from White Plains High School.
The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be available in the Tri-State area for the first time as early as today. The new J&J vaccine started shipping from a Kentucky warehouse on Monday, with an initial 3.9 million doses.