Vaccine
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The RTS has joined all of New York’s transit systems in asking for a 10% funding increase over the last enacted budget. This move tracks with the request they made fora 50% increase in funding over 5 years. Assemblymember Jennifer Lunsford from the Rochester area gave her two cents saying: “For too long, the enormous […]
New York State is developing a new piece of technology called an “Excelsior Pass” that will allow users to verify if they’ve been vaccinated or tested. The app based program displays a QR code that can be scanned to provide the information to entertainment venues and outdoor events in Rochester. Erica Fee, a festival producer […]
Over the past year, the CDC has been the main source of information for how to go about our day to day lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Americans begin to receive the full vaccine course, some are left wondering if they can do things the way they used to before COVID hit the nation […]
Officials from the White House have announced that the Biden administration is planning on sending millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico and Canada. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that the US was planning to send approximately 2.5 million doses with Mexico and 1.5 million with Canada, but the numbers aren’t […]
According to a statement by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday, more than 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered last week, 200,000 of those on Friday. The success of the mass vaccination is due in part to the “Am I Eligible” tool that helps people with underlying conditions find out if […]
Tuesday evening the Monrow County Department of Public Health will open new scheduling links for the COVID-19 vaccine. The links will go live on the County website and there will be several new ones. This comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced eligibility for the vaccine would be expanded across the state. People 60 and over […]
Officials are speculating that the deal brokered with the pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson and Merck will advance the overall vaccine distribution timeline by a couple of months. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he thinks that every willing adult in the US could be vaccinated as soon as April. There should be around […]
The new mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the old Kodak Hawkeye parking lot had a great opening day. The first 1000 inoculations were performed without any problems and participants had nothing but good things to say about the experience. Nick Brandreth, a Rochester resident commented, saying: “It was real easy to get through it, it […]
On Saturday, the FDA officially cleared a third COVID-19 Vaccine from Johnson and Johnson that works with one shot instead of two. Vaccine sites and health experts are looking forward to the mass distribution of this version so that we can beat the virus before it mutates into something untreatable. According to health officials, The […]
A new mass Covid19 vaccination site will open on Wednesday March 3 at the Old Kodak Hawkeye parking lot on St Paul and Avenue E in Rochester, NY. This site was chosen for it’s accessibility by public transportation. Eligible residents of the city of Rochester can now make an appointment to get vaccination next week. […]