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Over 40 COVID-19 vaccination clinics have been put together outside of Monroe County in the last 10 days, with more to come, Paul Pettit, public health director for Genesee and
Photo: URMC. Created: January 13, 2021 06:43 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — There is frustration over access to the COVID-19 vaccine. The response is from county and region leaders is: There's just not enough supply. Wednesday News10NBC learned how many doses have actually come here. 76,000 doses of the vaccine came to the nine-county region from the state. Those doses will be used up by Monday. "What do we know?" Monroe County Executive Adam Bello asked as he started his COVID briefing Wednesday. Bello said he knows people are frustrated at their access to th...
Created: January 12, 2021 06:45 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Every day it seems the rules change regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. It happened again Tuesday. Now the rule in New York is anyone over 65 can get in line to get the shot. The problem is—there isn't enough vaccine to go around. By initiating phase 1b on Monday and then lowering the age eligibility Tuesday, the pool in New York went up by millions. Here is the latest list of eligibility for the COVID vaccine in New York: https://t.co/qUzcdb2Uv6 — Berkeley Brean (@whec_bbrean) January 12, 2021 But the amount of v...
Created: January 11, 2021 05:59 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — There's a lot of confusion out there when it comes to who is eligible for phase 1b of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, and exactly when it will actually begin. In a surprise announcement Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the next phase would start Monday, but so far only a few people have received that vaccine. A few county health leaders say they're still far from completing phase 1a rollout of their vaccination plan. They need more time before starting the next phase. Getting as many needles in the arms of healt...
Created: January 11, 2021 10:51 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Now that the state is opening up coronavirus vaccines to more people, some in the Rochester area are finding frustration as they try to take advantage of the opportunity. Under phase 1b of the state’s vaccine schedule, those over the age of 75, along with essential workers like police, first responders, teachers, grocery store workers, those who staff, or are in, homeless shelters are now eligible. "There's huge miscommunication, someplace,” Howard Merritt of Webster sighed. With COVID-19 shots opening up to peopl...