ROCKLAND COUNTY, New York (WABC) Rockland County received a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccine doses Tuesday, one day after saying they had run out of shots and did not know when more would arrive.
Still, the story highlights fears of a shortage as municipalities ramp up efforts to vaccinate their eligible citizens.
The Rockland County Department of Health said it had administered all of the 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine that it received from the state last week and had requested more, with Rockland County Executive Ed Day s office saying there had been no word as how many would arrive next or when.
New York state expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine again to allow anyone over age 65 to get it, but Governor Cuomo warned that more vaccine is needed.
NEW YORK (WABC) After days of pressure from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and others, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Friday he is expanding the vaccine distribution network from just hospitals to a larger network that will allow an expansion of who can get the vaccine.
The distribution network will be expanded to non-hospital providers, like CityMD, which will in turn expand the pool of eligible recipients.
Reservations will start Monday for both phases 1a and 1b, but health care workers in 1a must remain a priority, Cuomo said.
The expansion will cover police, correction officers, some essential workers, and people who are 75 years and older.
The Scott sisters work with coronavirus patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville.
Althea Scott-Bonaparte and Claudia Scott-Mighty are patient care directors, while Christine Scott is a nurse in the ICU.
The sisters say they want to set an example for others by trusting science, and therefore, trusting the vaccine. We re in this together, we re fighting this together, and we re getting vaccinated together, Scott-Bonaparte said. This is how we ve always done everything as sisters.together.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York (WABC) Amy Siniscalchi loves to hike with her husband. But before she could make it to the top of a hill in March, she knew something was wrong. I couldn t make it up the trail, she said. It was not a steep trail. We had to turn back.
She tested positive for COVID-19, and 10 months later, she s still experiencing side effects. She had no idea the uphill battle she would have to climb after getting diagnosed. We re some of the lucky ones, she said. We re alive, but we re not living.
And she s not alone, one of more than 100 patients being treated as part of a new post COVID-19 Recovery Program at Westchester Medical Center.