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POMONA – With so many seniors in Rockland County waiting for their shot at a COVID-19 vaccine, the county and Refuah Health Center teamed up on Monday.
This week and last, Refuah, a federally qualified health center, received considerably more COVID-19 vaccine doses for its two Ramapo clinics 2,000 each week than the county health department s total of 1,200 per week.
County Executive Ed Day said Refuah pitched in Monday to vaccinate seniors on the Office for the Aging s wait list.
“They did tremendous work during our measles outbreak where countywide over 30,000 MMR shots were given, Day said. They are true community partners who know how to get shots into arms.”
By: Jennifer Korn
The Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) received 700 new doses of the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine allotted for phase 1b essential workers and will open up registration at 4:00 P.M. this afternoon. The department stated in a release that it does not expect the registration to be open for very long.
Phase 1b essential workers can make an appointment by visiting: http://rcklnd.us/covid19
“We will continue to look for ways to improve our local response, will keep fighting to bring more vaccine to Rockland and we will not stop until all of you who want the vaccine get the vaccine,” said County Executive Ed Day.
UpdatedWed, Jan 27, 2021 at 1:57 pm ET
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Rockland received 1,300 doses of coronavirus vaccine this week, county health officials announced Wednesday. (Montana Samuels/Patch)
NEW CITY, NY Rockland received 1,300 doses of coronavirus vaccine this week, county health officials announced Wednesday.
They were allocated to essential workers and the elderly 700 for the former and 600 for the latter. Appointments were filled immediately, The Journal News reported.
Local health departments like Rockland are asked to concentrate on getting police, firefighters, teachers and other essential workers vaccinated first.
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However, since the local pharmacy/provider network is still getting ready to vaccinate people age 65 and above, the state sent the county doses of vaccine this week allocated for senior residents.