Half of Capital Region residents now vaccinated. Check your county s progress.
Region is first in state to hit the halfway mark for first-dose vaccinations
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COVID-19 vaccinations are administered inside the former Lord & Taylor store at Crossgates Mall which has been transformed into a state inoculation site on Friday, April 16, 2021, in Guilderland, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY One out of every two residents in the Capital Region has now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, making the region the first in the state to vaccinate half its population, state data show.
ALBANY, N.Y. â The Capital Region crossed the 50 percent mark in the percentage of the population who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first region in New York state to hit that milestone, according to the NYS Covid Vaccine Tracker.
Additionally, officials said the Capital Region leads the way in people who have completed the full vaccination series.
âThis is a remarkable achievement. In just a few short months, so many members of our community have gotten vaccinated, doing their part to protect themselves and others,â Dennis P. McKenna, M.D., president and CEO of Albany Med, who is leading the Capital Region Vaccine Network, said.
Schenectady County Public Health to expand house calls for vaccination | The Daily Gazette
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County officials announced expansion of the Schenectady County Delivers program, which brings the vaccine to county residents who can’t get out to a vaccination site. The program will prioritize those who are homebound for medical reasons but will consider providing the service to those constrained by childcare or other issues.
Multiple members of the same household can receive a dose during these visits.
Schenectady County Public Health Services will be dedicating as many as 30 staff members to this effort, ranging from scheduling shots to administering them and following up afterward.
Capitol Confidential By Edward McKinley on April 2, 2021 at 6:30 AM
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo broke the rules set by JCOPE in allowing staffers to volunteer their time to help him write his memoir on the COVID-19 pandemic. (TU)
Cuomo signed the HALT Solitary Confinement Act into law late Wednesday night, which places new restrictions on the practice in the state, including a ban on holding people in solitary for more than 15 days. (TU)
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The Capitol Pressroom talked to Becky Preve about the effort to vaccinate homebound seniors, where she said the Cuomo administration is working on a plan to create a statewide approach, which is something AARP has called for. “The state plan is currently in the works .. I would anticipate within the next few weeks we would have some type of statewide directive on the vaccine rollout for the homebound.” (WCNY)