The Catholic Charities organization is holding three vaccination events this Sunday in the Bronx. Doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be distributed to people 12 years and older at St. Simon Stock Church in the Fordham Heights sector; in the church of San Antonio de Padua, in Morrisania, and in the church of the … Read more
Emmanuel is 9 years old and nervous because he is waiting to get the Pfizer vaccine, recently licensed for children between 5 and 11 years of age. The boy and his mother were shopping for the pantry in Sunset Park, when they saw that the vaccination bus on Fifth Avenue was offering vaccines for minors … Read more
Camila Grande is 9 years old and was the first to train online to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at Elmhurst hospital: “I just felt like it and left,” said the little girl. While the mother of the recently vaccinated woman has other reasons to inoculate it: “It has less chance of it being infected. So, … Read more
Starting today, children ages 5 to 11 can begin receiving the Covid-19 vaccine at city-run vaccination sites. In addition, next week immunization will also be available in hundreds of public schools. New York City hospitals and vaccination centers now offer the pediatric dose of Pfizer’s vaccine. The city has almost a quarter of a million … Read more
Twins Carlos and Carla, six, will be vaccinated as soon as they can make an appointment with their pediatrician or when vaccines are available in schools next week, as Mayor de Blasio plans. Well, according to his mother: “I will consult with your doctor first and if necessary I will put it on. If necessary … Read more
About 9,000 city municipal workers were placed on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday and thousands of city firefighters have declared themselves ill in an apparent protest over the requirement, as reported by Mayor Bill de Blasio. About 9 out of 10 city workers covered by … Read more
Starting this Monday, November 1, thousands of municipal workers could go on unpaid leave by resisting the vaccination mandate. An order that, according to this citizen, should be optional: “Many people who work in public institutions are losing jobs; because, simply, they are not obeying an order because it is not an option, it is … Read more
Today is the vaccination deadline for New York City government workers. Employees, including police and firefighters among others, have until 5 in the afternoon to receive their first dose of the Covid vaccine or they will be discharged from Monday with the consequent loss of salary. Because there are employees who have not been vaccinated, … Read more
A New York judge on Wednesday refused to suspend the application of the COVID-19 vaccine to municipal workers in the city, scheduled for Friday and denied the police union’s request for a temporary restraining order. Judge Lizette Colon said the mandate may go into effect as planned, while ordering city officials to appear in court … Read more
Colin Powell, who worked with Democratic and Republican US presidents on war and peace but whose fine reputation forever deteriorated when he appeared before the United Nations and made incorrect claims to justify the US war in Iraq, died Monday of complications. by COVID-19. He was 84 years old. Powell, the son of immigrants from … Read more