2nd round of COVID-19 vaccines being administered to S.I. frontline workers
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
- Staten Islanders honked and cheered out of their windows as they drove around Richmond University Medical Center to show appreciation for the hospital staff on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. April 10, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Rebeka Humbrecht) Alexandra Salmieri
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Frontline healthcare workers at Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) and Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) many of whom are directly treating COVID-19 patients will begin receiving their second round of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine on Monday, both hospitals announced on Sunday.
Death, kindness, controversy and hope for 2021
Updated on Dec 28, 2020;
Published on Dec 28, 2020
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. There was an incessant sound of sirens as emergency calls mounted in the spring.
Solemn silence during funerals for those for whom they were permitted.
In the approximately 300 days since the coronavirus (COVID-19) first hit Staten Island, our lives were drastically changed, perhaps forever.
Yet as 2020 ends, the vaccine’s arrival sparked hope for the future.
What follows is a look at how the virus grew from a single confirmed case to exact a staggering toll on Staten Island the last 10 months:
‘I was very honored to be asked to be the first;’ COVID-19 vaccines administered for first time on Staten Island
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Staten Islanders who have worked on the front lines throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic became some of the first Americans to receive a vaccine on Monday.
Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) administered five doses of the Pfizer vaccine to its front-line staff members Dr. James Kenny; Joed Diaz, a patient care technician; Dr. Robert Wetz; ICU Nurse Rosamma Joseph; and Dr. Wassim Diab at its Ocean Breeze campus.
“I was very honored to be asked to be the first one to take it,” Kenny, an associate chair of emergency medicine with the hospital, said. “This is a game changer. We’ve been anticipating for this for so long, and when I heard the vaccine was finally available I really think we’re going to win this.”