[ad_1]
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York▶ Click here to enlarge the view
The Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced on the 4th (local time) that he will pursue criminal sanctions for the act of ‘cutting’ that violates the priority of vaccination against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Governor Cuomo said at a news conference that day: “This vaccine can be gold for some people. If there is fraud in the vaccine distribution process, it should be a crime, and we will propose a law to do so.” .
The CNBC broadcast said that if the vaccine is administered or sold first to a person who is not subject to priority vaccination, it will not only deprive the license of the medical institution and related persons, but also criminally punish them.
Currently, frontline medical staff, residents, and nursing home staff are eligible for the use of emergency vaccinations.
The comments came a week after allegations surfaced that a New York hospital had violated vaccination priorities.
New York State believes there is a context in which Farcare Community Health Network misled the State Department of Health into obtaining the vaccine and then supplying it to the general public, not a priority.
Governor Cuomo also imposes a fine of up to $ 100,000 (approximately KRW 110 million) on medical institutions that cannot run out of their allotted vaccine volume for this weekend to accelerate the slower-than-scheduled vaccination rate, and allocates subsequent vaccine supplies. He warned that he would not.
“I don’t want the vaccine in the refrigerator. I want to put it on someone’s arm as soon as possible,” he said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), New York State has insured 77,000 vaccines, but only 237,000 vaccines were received as of Day 2.
Even spreading across the United States, vaccination is not accelerating. CNN broadcast that day, citing data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vaccine for 1,5418,000 vaccines was distributed nationwide, but only 4563260 of them had completed the first dose. . did.
[연합뉴스]
Copyright ⓒ Yonhap News. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution prohibited
