December 27, 2020 12/27/2020 1:20 pm
(WBEN) New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker says a Community Health organization in Orange County has fraudulently obtained the Covid-19 vaccine and has been using it on members of the public instead of front-line workers and nursing home residents.
Zucker warns they are taking this very seriously and the State Police are conducting a criminal investigation. He says anyone knowingly participating in the scheme will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,
In a News Release Zucker said: The State Department of Health has been made aware of reports that Parcare Community Health Network, an Orange County provider, may have fraudulently obtained COVID-19 vaccine, transferred it to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines and diverted it to members of the public - contrary to the state s plan to administer it first to frontline healthcare wor
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A New York city-based healthcare provider, the ParCare Community Health Network, is under state investigation for unauthorized distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, according to state officials.
ParCare provides primary and internal care, and other medical services in its six locations in New York City. The healthcare network serves many of the city s Orthodox Jewish communities.
According to The New York Times, ParCare received 2,300 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine and administered more than 850 of them.
ParCare has since returned its remaining allotment of vaccines to the state, according to a press release from the healthcare network.
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