New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that healthcare workers and high-risk populations, including some long-term care residents, would get priority in his state to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when one is approved and available.
FILE PHOTO: Ambulances line up outside Maimonides Medical Center, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in the Borough Park area of Brooklyn, New York, U.S., September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
In the second phase of vaccine rollout, first responders, school staff, other public-facing frontline workers and people whose health conditions put them at extreme risk would get priority for the vaccine. Prioritization would also vary by geographic location based on the prevalence of the virus, Cuomo said.
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