Children get vaccinated on Long Island
Vaccinations for children
At Cohen Children’s in New Hyde Park, local teens rolled up their sleeves for their first vaccine dose. Over in Garden City, a similar sight at Nassau Community College, where anyone eligible can get vaccinated through Sunday.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Vaccinations are now being administered to children 12 years old and older all across the United States. If I were to get COVID I would end up in the ICU and would have to get oxygen, said Edis Kacamakovic, 15, who has cystic fibrosis, so catching COVID could leave him severely ill.
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Events set on LI today to vaccinate kids ages 12 to 15
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Several Seaford student-athletes commited to colleges. (Seaford School District )
SEAFORD, NY More than a dozen students from Seaford High School are continuing their athletic careers. The 13 Seaford Vikings have committed to schools ranging from Long Island to upstate New York, and from Georgia and Ohio.
The school hosted a college commitment ceremony for the student-athletes in front of the school last week. They were joined by their parents and coaches as well as school and district administrators, the Seaford School District wrote in a statement.
Principal Scott Bersin called them a wonderful group of students and said they will benefit tremendously from their college sports experience.
Photo by: Nassau County Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced an upcoming Student Vaccination Initiative in partnership with Northwell Health a four-day High School vaccination event in the Nassau Community College gym from May 13 to 16. The initiative will be geared towards students aged 16 to 18 and will aim to vaccinate 500 teens a day. As part of the Student Vaccination Initiative, school districts will assign student vaccine ambassadors who will receive a training from the Nassau County Dept. of Health, and encourage their peers to roll up their sleeve. Students who are vaccinated as part of the initiative will receive 6 hours of community service credit. The Pfizer vaccine, which is currently authorized for those 16+ up will be used.