arrow A doctor helps treat a homeless person in April 2020 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock In addition to healthcare workers, people over 65, police, firefighters, and teachers, another critical population became eligible last week for coronavirus vaccines: Homeless people at high risk for infection. New York State issued guidelines that said, starting last Monday, those who live in shelters “where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with individuals and families who are not part of the same household,” plus the staffers who work in these places, could get vaccinated. That description includes shelters for single adults, where eight to 12 people on average share a room, as well as the hotels where many homeless individuals have been moved in recent months, according to service providers who’ve been briefed by the city’s Department of Homeless Services. Families with children who reside in shelters are not eligible, because they live in separate units and don’t share dining areas as people in hotels do.