As the number of COVID cases rises across the city again, some parents want the DOE and other schools across the city to restore a remote learning option. Mayor Bill de Blasio has resisted, saying getting kids back to school in-person is essential to overcoming pandemic learning loss, and pointing to low transmission rates in city classrooms.
Andrew Cuomo announced a $15 million investment as part of a new tactic to increase vaccination across the state, funding that will be used to to reach specific communities with lower rates.
Si bien no hay un plan completamente definido por parte de las organizaciones que hacen parte de este esfuerzo, sí hay unas directrices para impulsar la vacunación en comunidades afectadas desproporcionadamente por la pandemia en Nueva York.
En promedio, solo el 66 por ciento del personal de las residencias de ancianos de la ciudad ha sido vacunado. El personal de las residencias de ancianos del condado de Brooklyn tienen el porcentaje más bajo con 57 por ciento, según los datos del Departamento de Salud del estado de Nueva York.
On average, only 66 percent of nursing home staff across the city have been vaccinated. Brooklyn nursing homes are faring the worst with these efforts—only 57 percent of Kings County staff are fully vaccinated so far, the data show.
Several people staying in hotels during the pandemic said the city’s plan to send them back to group shelters motivated them to get the shot.
Todas las fuentes consultadas, entre trabajadores agrícolas, líderes de organizaciones de trabajadores agrícolas, defensores de trabajadores agrícolas y centros de salud comunitarios que tienen como público objetivo a este grupo, reportan que la vacunación entre trabajadores agrícolas ha ido bien.
After an extensive legal battle over its handling of COVID-19 at detention facilities, ICE will not provide basic information on how many detainees have been vaccinated at its Buffalo (Batavia) Center upstate. Here’s what City Limits has been able to find out.
‘I’m beyond thrilled some inkling of normalcy may return to this gorgeous mosaic of a city by summer. But city and state officials are going to have to step up their game on how to best address vaccine coronavirus hesitancy or otherwise, we may be setting ourselves up for problems down the road.’
‘To gain a deeper understanding of how we can recover and rebuild, the Health Department recently launched a new series. The vision is to spark conversation by bringing together communities across the city, thought leaders, and partners in the fields of science, medicine, public health, racial justice, and social justice.’