First Covid-19 vaccines administered in Syracuse; plus, another downtown restaurant closes permanently (Good Morning CNY for Dec. 16)
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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Kenzo B. Mukendi, of Syracuse, became the first person in Central New York to receive the new Covid-19 vaccine. Mukendi works at Upstate Medical University, where his job includes cleaning rooms in the Covid-19 ward.Katrina Tulloch | ktulloch@syracuse.com
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Hospital workers get CNY’s first Covid-19 vaccinations: A housekeeper at Upstate University Hospital on Tuesday became the first person in Central New York to receive an injection of the new Covid-19 vaccine, raising hopes that the end of the deadly pandemic is in sight. Starting today, Upstate plans to vaccinate as many as 600 workers a day. (Video: Watch the vaccinations).
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Syracuse nurse in Covid ward: ‘It’s so important that everyone get this vaccine’
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Suzanne Buck, a registered nurse at Upstate University Hospital, was the third person in Syracuse to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday.Katrina Tulloch
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Suzanne Buck, a registered nurse at Upstate University Hospital, was the third person in Syracuse to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
Buck was vaccinated at Upstate, the first hospital in the region to get shipments of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech. Upstate is one of 150 sites worldwide that participated in the clinical trials for the vaccine.
A ‘Christmas miracle’: CNY man comes home 5 days after he’s struck by train in Camillus
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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Lysander, N.Y. Tyler Carbonaro was walking home from work, listening to music last Wednesday afternoon when a train struck him in Camillus.
Carbonaro, 24, said he never heard the train coming from behind him. His noise-cancelling headphones played Syracuse native rapper Toosii’s “Sinners Prayer” as he walked next to the train tracks near Sherwood Avenue.
It was 4:25 p.m. and Carbonaro said he was running a little behind schedule getting home, but for a good reason. He said he had just had a meeting at Home Depot, where he’s worked part-time for two months, and was just offered a full-time position. He accepted and very excited, he said.
Man, 19, shot after fight in mobile home park in Clay; deputies investigate
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Clay, N.Y. A man was shot Monday evening after a fight in a Clay mobile home park.
The 19 year old was shot once as he drove away from a home in Madison Village, said Sgt. Jon Seeber, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office spokesman. He’s expected to survive, Seeber said.
The incident started with a fight between the 19 year old and another man, Seeber said.
The teen got into his car and started to leave, Seeber said. He was shot as he drove away, he said.