Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center canceling COVID-19 vaccine clinics next week due to shortage
7 Eyewitness News Staff
and last updated 2021-01-15 14:49:05-05
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) â Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center says it is canceling its COVID-19 vaccine clinics next week due to a supply shortage.
The medical center says it is canceling the clinics on all five days from January 18th through 22nd and will reschedule the clinics when it receives new vaccine shipments.
On Thursday, the medical center said it was having trouble with the online program used to schedule people from state Priority Groups 1A and 1B to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Niagara Falls Mayor Restaino Announces the Disbursement of CARES Act Funds
By: Staff Reporter
On Friday, January 15th, 2021, Mayor Robert Restaino announces the disbursement of CARES Act grant funds to local community groups working to fight against the wide ranging effects of COVID-19 within the City of Niagara Falls community.
The CARES Act, or Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, is a Federal grant working to support American people through the continuing public health crisis and economic impacts experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’ve gone through a series of these deliveries and several months ago, we had another group of individual entities that received funding”, said Mayor Restaino. Last year the City of Niagara Falls distributed over 1 Million dollars in CARES Act funds to various agencies and initiatives to assist in services and COVID-19 relief. Mayor Restaino continued by saying, “Then, once we received additional funding, we put out
Gov. Cuomo addresses problems in COVID-19 vaccine distribution, scheduling
and last updated 2021-01-15 18:07:54-05
NEW YORK (WKBW) â During a briefing Friday New York Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed problems in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and scheduling in the state.
In all, around 7 million New Yorkers are currently eligible for the vaccine. Due to the amount of those eligible and the number of doses the state receives from the federal government each week, the governor said vaccine reservations are booked for 14 weeks at this point.
The governor said Friday sites that have shown they are faster at vaccinating people will receive more doses of the vaccine than those that are slower.
Memorial to Hold Offsite Vaccination Clinics as State Expands List of Those Who Are Eligible
By: Staff Reporter
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will dispense COVID-19 vaccine to those who qualify at the Niagara Falls City School District Field House on the Niagara Falls High School campus. Although people must belong to an eligible priority group to be vaccinated, the state this week significantly expanded its list of those groups.
“I applaud School Superintendent Mark Laurrie for making this spacious and very accessible facility available to us,” said Memorial Medical Center President & CEO Joseph A. Ruffolo. “It vastly improves our ability to serve our neighbors as we strive to defeat the virus that causes COVID-19.”
COVID puts strain on hospital lab employees in Western New York
Five fully qualified, state-certified lab technologists originally from the Philippines will become permanent staffers at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 8:11 PM EST January 8, 2021
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. With the significant increase in COVID cases, our local hospitals and the staffers are feeling the strain.
The impact extends to various areas of hospitals and even hiring decisions.
We ve heard a lot about the dedication and heroic efforts of doctors and nurses with the COVID cases. But there is another group of workers at Erie County Medical Center and other local hospitals who are really under pressure as well.