According to data provided by the city’s top health official, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, nearly 2,000 New Yorkers die each year from the common flu, both from health problems and from not being vaccinated against the flu. The official urged New Yorkers to immunize themselves with reinforcement doses or boosters, against Covid 19, to continue avoiding … Read more
National and municipal health officials received the Covid-19 vaccine booster at a pediatric clinic in Upper Manhattan on Monday. This is with the aim of promoting the booster vaccine and thus helping to bridge the gap in the rate of injection, especially among children. “What matters is getting vaccinated,” said Xavier Becerra, secretary of the … Read more
New York Point out has abolished the necessity to don a mask on community transit, Governor Kathy Hochul declared Wednesday. Mask use will be inspired but not required on buses and trains, like the New York City subway method, Hochul mentioned. “Setting up nowadays, experience masks will be optional in some spots exactly where they … Read more
A police detective questioned the Supreme Court to cease the metropolis from firing him and other personnel for refusing to get vaccinated towards COVID-19. Detective Anthony Marciano’s attorneys on Thursday petitioned the court docket for an unexpected emergency injunction stopping the metropolis from enforcing a rule necessitating all metropolis workers to be vaccinated. Marciano, a … Read more
Amparo Gaviria was one of dozens of Jackson Heights residents who took several free covid tests home this Monday. “This is here to stay, but you have to take care of yourself,” Gaviria said. Where Gaviria lives there are about eight tenants who rent rooms, and for her, who has lung problems, protecting herself, now … Read more
The city’s Health department called on New Yorkers to return to wearing ‘high-quality masks’ when in indoor public places and in groups outside due to the high levels of Covid the City is experiencing again. The department put out a message on social media with examples of the type of masks that should be worn. … Read more
Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are analyzing today whether they will offer the new booster vaccines against COVID-19, which have been modified to better adapt to the mutations of the coronavirus, in the fall. This after Moderna and Pfizer laboratories tested updated injections against the contagious omicron variant. Many experts say that … Read more
Starting today, the city’s vaccination centers will start inoculating children under 5 years of age, now that they are eligible for the COVID vaccine. Private centers, such as Montefiore Family Care, in the Bronx, began offering the vaccine for the little ones yesterday. RELATED STORIES: They begin to inoculate children under 5 years of age. … Read more
The New York authorities today asked the population to wear a mask again in all public indoor places and announced that they will distribute millions of home tests to try to contain the rebound in covid-19 cases that is being registered in the city. The recent rise in infections has put the Big Apple on … Read more
Kayleena Moya says that the prom is something you only experience once. Moya is a 16-year-old Puerto Rican senior at John Adams High School in Ozone Park. “Happy, sad, frustrating, all emotions mixed up,” Moya said. Due to the pandemic last year, New York students were unable to attend the prom if they were not … Read more