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Not enough CNY nursing home workers get Covid-19 shots; 'We are in race against time'


Not enough CNY nursing home workers get Covid-19 shots; ‘We are in race against time’
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Christopher Bumpus, director of nursing at Bishop Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Syracuse, gets a Covid-19 vaccination on Dec. 21, 2020.
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Syracuse, N.Y. Nearly 40% of Central New York nursing home employees are still not vaccinated against Covid-19, four months after the government made them a top priority in its massive vaccine roll-out.
While 87% of Central New York nursing home residents have been vaccinated, only 64% of staffers have gotten shots, according to the state Health Department. Fewer than one-third of staffers at some homes in the region have been vaccinated. ....

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