NY is investigating the application of the vaccine against the general public

New York authorities will work with police in an investigation against the Parcare Community Health Network accused of violating vaccination lines against covid-19, which gives priority to medical staff and nursing homes.

The facilities of that health care provider in Orange County, New York “Could have fraudulently obtained the covid-19 vaccine”State Health Minister Howard Zucker said in a brief statement that he could have transferred it to other facilities in different parts of the region.

According to Zucker, this could be “a violation of state guidelines.” by “diverting it to the general public, unlike the state’s plan to administer it first to front-line health workers as well as nursing home residents and staff. “

“We take this very seriously and the Department of Health will assist the state police in a criminal investigation into this matter,” Zucker said.

New York, like the rest of the United States, began the vaccination campaign on December 14, focusing on health care staff and workers, as well as residents of nursing homes and care centers for people with disabilities.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to distribute vaccines in early December, he had already warned that As a first step, the general public would have been left out of the immunization campaign.

US authorities hope that once a wide network of vaccine distribution and availability has been set up across the country, the general population can begin to be vaccinated.

According to the latest official data, the rate of people who tested positive for covid-19 in New York is 5.36 percent. This Friday, 122 people died due to the pandemic, and in the state hospitals there were 6,884 patients hospitalized for covid-19. Thousand 129 are in intensive care units, of which 638 are intubated.

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