By JOE MAHONEY Â CNHI State Reporter Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
ALBANY â The estimated 90,000 residents of New York s nursing homes and the approximately 150,000 employees at those facilities are slated to be offered the Pfizer vaccine for the COVID-19 contagion in the coming week.
Stephen Hanse, president of two provider groups, both the New York State Health Facilities Association and the New York State Assisted Living, told CNHI that operators of the nursing homes won t require staffers to get the doses but expect most will opt to be immunized for the coronavirus.
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The vaccinations at the nursing homes are expected to be completed in February, he said. Each recipient will get two shots, approximately three weeks apart. The shots will be administered by staffers with CVS, Walgreen and pharmacies that have arrangements to serve the homes.
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By Seth Galinsky December 28, 2020
After a spirited two-day strike by 200 nurses at Montefiore Health System’s hospital in New Rochelle Dec. 1 and 2, the New York State Nurses Association and the bosses are back at the negotiating table. Front and center is the nurses’ fight for more hiring and the safety of their patients and themselves.
Staffing shortages at hospitals are nothing new, but grew worse with the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been strikes and protests for more staff at hospitals and nursing homes across the country.
“If you can safely care for one or two patients, but you’re given four or five, you have to make some decisions about who you’re going to rescue,” Nurses Association President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez told the London
Top Washington politicians getting COVID-19 vaccine before health care workers draws ire
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Dec 18, 2020, 6:15pm EST
Vice President Mike Pence is one of many politicians getting the COVID-19 vaccine within the first weeks that it s available. But are they getting it ahead of the country s most vulnerable population?
Pence, Second Lady Karen Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are among those getting the vaccine in front of cameras. It comes after the Capitol physician informed all members of Congress that they are now eligible for the shots under government continuity guidelines. All 535 members have been asked to make appointments to be vaccinated.