New York
Gov. Hochul mandates booster availability at all NY nursing homes
New York – On Sunday Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York nursing homes will be required to make booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine available to all residents.
This comes as officials and health experts around the world monitor the spread of omicron, a new “variant of concern.”
“We’ve got to do everything we can to protect vulnerable New Yorkers. That means making sure everyone is able to get a booster. All nursing homes and adult care facilities will now be required to make booster doses available to all of their residents,” Hochul said in a tweet Sunday morning.
The new COVID-19 variant called B.1.1529, or omicron, was first detected by scientists in South Africa.
On Friday, the World Health Organization designated the new strain, a “variant of concern,” or VOC at an emergency meeting, a label applied when a particular strain is especially virulent, transmissible or able to defeat public health measures.
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