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Covid-19: All NY Health Care Workers Will Be Required To Get Vaccines
All health care workers in New York State will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine, with only limited exceptions for those with religious or medical exemptions.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that staff at hospitals, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, adult care, and other congregate settings will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 no later than Monday, Sept. 27.
To date, 75 percent of the state’s estimated 450,000 hospital workers, 74 percent of the state’s 30,000 adult care facility workers, and 68 percent of the state’s 145,500 nursing home workers have compl…
Side Effects? Why Get It? Your Covid-19 Vaccine Questions Answered By Daily Voice NJ Readers
If getting a magic potion shot into your arm made you less likely to get COVID-19, would you get it?
To some, it's a no-brainer: Of course, yes. To others, that elixir leaves more questions than it does answers.
Daily Voice New Jersey polled our Instagram followers about the COVID-19 vaccine, curious to know what drives people to get it (or not), what the side effects are and more.
As of Jan. 20, 371,310 first doses were administered, and 49,759 second doses were administered, according to the COVID-19 dashboard.
According to the Daily Voice Instagram poll, 89 percent of people (1,135) …
Covid-19: Here's Where, When First 31,000 Vaccines Will Be Distributed In Connecticut
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has laid out a tentative rollout plan for the COVID-19 vaccination that’s coming later this month.
Lamont said that the first batch of approximately 31,000 vaccine doses are expected to arrive from Pfizer on Monday, Dec. 14, with an additional 63,000 coming from Moderna one week later on Dec. 21.
To be effective, two doses spread approximately 21 days apart have to be administered.
Lamont estimated that by the end of January, more than 200,000 people will have received two doses, with more than 150,000 receiving their first.
The vaccinations will be administer…
Covid-19: New Jersey Sees More Than 4,400 Cases, Hospital Expansion, Hopefully Financial Aid
New Jersey had more than 4,402 coronavirus cases and 62 deaths as of Wednesday, officials said.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced an additional 736 cases and 18 deaths in Ocean (4), Monmouth (2), and one each in Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset and Union counties.
The increase in cases were a result of community spreading and "aggressive" testing, Murphy said.
But cases are expected to increase -- and the state is working to expand hospitals to accommodate new patients, the governor said.
"We must be able to ensure hospital capacit…
Bergen County Boy Makes Crafty PPE Kits For Healthcare Workers Like His Mom
Marquis Williams, Jr. of Bergen County has been worried about COVID-19.
Part of that could be because his mom, Sandy Williams, is a health care worker herself.
“I work at a Bergen County hospital, and he keeps asking if I'll become sick from there,” said Sandy, who works in the lab testing not only hospital patients, but many nursing home residents.
Marquis, 10, was watching TV when he saw on the news that hospitals were running low on supplies.
And so, he took action. The boy scoured the internet to find out how to make face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) kits with essenti…
Retired Police Captain From Mercer County Promotes 'Light On COVID19'
A retired police officer and his grandson from Mercer County came up with an idea for thanking first responders, health-care workers and other essential employees during the coronavirus crisis.
Leave your porch light on 24/7 until the COVID-19 outbreak ends, said former Ewing Police Captain David Morgan.
Morgan and his grandson, in this Facebook post, also suggested sharing photos of people next to their porch lights on social media with the hashtag #LightOnCOVID19.
"Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Staff, First Responders, Police, Fire, EMS, Utility Personnel, the Food Service Industry and…
