New York State Department of Health issued new guidance on April 15 that requires nursing homes to offer “an opportunity to receive” the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) jab to all consenting residents and staff by April 29, and within two weeks of a new hire or a new admission.
Those turning down the offer will need to sign paperwork acknowledging that they are begging off. Facilities that don’t comply with the new rules may be penalized by as much as $2,000 per violation.
The new guideline has been viewed by critics as the state health department’s way of putting more pressure on the facilities to bridge the gap between vaccinated and unvaccinated staff as nearly half of New York’s nursing home workers haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Unused vaccines pile up across U.S. as some regions resist
Syringes filled with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are shown, Thursday, April 15, 2021, at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center in Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Published April 16. 2021 1:24AM
Anna Edney and Drew Armstrong, Bloomberg
Many U.S. states and cities have a growing surplus of coronavirus vaccines, a sign that in some places demand is slowing before a large percentage of the population has been inoculated, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News.
The data indicates that as many as 1 in 3 doses is unused in some states. Appointments for shots often go untaken, with few people signing up.