The coronavirus vaccine has finally arrived in New York, but only a select group of at-risk people are expected to receive it in the first round.
Athy Kathy Villains / Associated Press
Many of the patients in PCR are Orthodox Jews, a population that is severely affected by the virus, and clinics have worked in contact with the city.
These restrictions have not stopped others from trying to get vaccinated, including unauthorized health care workers in some hospitals. The state is now investigating whether members of the public were vaccinated by a network of health clinics in New York who were not members of the state’s priority groups – the most dangerous health care workers and residents and employees of nursing homes.
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On Saturday, New York State Health Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker announced the clinic’s investigation, in which he stated that “he may fraudulently obtain the Covid-19 vaccine for facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines.” He turned to the members of the people. ”
“We take this very seriously, and the DOH will assist the state police in conducting a criminal investigation into the matter.”
The clinics are run by Parker Community Health Network, which has locations in a village northwest of the city, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Kirias Joel. The investigation was first obtained by The New York Post on Saturday.
Many of Parker’s patients are Orthodox Jews who have been infected with the virus, and have worked with the city to provide free coronavirus testing in clinics, mostly in rhetorical neighborhoods.
Parker retweeted from his Twitter account a photograph of an old rabbi being vaccinated and a photo of an American rabbinical connection. Shared a photo on Twitter Who claimed to show Parker’s chief executive, Gary Schlesinger, receiving the vaccine.
The posts have since been deleted, but a representative from Parker has confirmed that Mr Sledinger was vaccinated because he works in clinics every day.
Parker’s representative said in an emailed statement that the company had complied with all procedures of the state health department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for obtaining and distributing Moderna’s oncovirus vaccine, and that clinics had returned its vaccines to the department. For investigation.
He showed a reporter a packing slip and an email stating that 2,300 doses of the vaccine had been sent to Parker by the health department.
More than 850 were administered, he said.
“We are confident that the final results of the review show that Parker has always made the best efforts to comply with all NYSDOH requirements and will continue to achieve our first goal of providing this complex vaccine to New Yorkers who need them the most,” the statement said. Said.
Appeared on ads for vaccines Parker’s Twitter feed December 16, two days after the first Pfizer vaccine was given in New York. “The vaccine will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis,” the advertisement said, urging patients to register through the website or by scanning a QR code.
The announcement also said Parker was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to administer the vaccine, but the government’s Andrew M. to distribute the vaccine in the state. Cumo is the administration. Some health clinics in the state have received the vaccine, but they are not considered to administer it to people outside of priority groups.
Members of the rhetorical Jewish community in Brooklyn have protested government restrictions on religious gatherings to reduce the spread of the virus, and footage of crowded Orthodox weddings and funerals has been published on social media.
Orthodox Jewish and Catholic organizations filed a lawsuit against Mr. Kumomo in November, alleging that U.S. The Supreme Court ruling concluded that the governor’s coronavirus restrictions on the size of religious services violated the First Amendment protection of freedom of religion.
At the time, Mr Kumo said the decision had “no practical effect” because coronavirus cases were reduced in many areas where regulations were in place. Now that the result of a positive test in New York is reaching a level not seen every spring since then, the verdict may prove more relevant.
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