vaccine queue

Threatened to fine hospitals....if they don't use their entire vaccine supply by the end of the week....we're hearing from mvhs.

They told newschannel two's joleen ferris that tomorrow will be another historic day in the battle against the virus.

Bill beevers, of utica, is waiting for his spot in the covid vaccine cue with a watchful eye, because, he says, his life depends on it .

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None 2:53 "i have a fatal disease, but like i told you earlier, i'm in no hurry to die prematurely and if i get covid, chances are very good i will die" but right now, he has no idea where he stands :21 "i hear rumors.

I hear very loose pieces of information.

Maybe it'll be drug companies, maybe it'll be public health groups, maybe it'll be hospitals" this is a schedule on mvhs' website, outlining who gets vaccinated when.

The general public is phase three.

Stand up mvhs officials say it'll be at least a month til they get to the general public.

4:40 "i would assume it would be a month and a ha to two nths bere the genel publicstarts ands prioritition withinhat becausyou want totart withthe er the internet.

Mvhs provided a phone number on their website, 315.624.4124, where their ceo provides updates.

The health system also plans to reach out to make sure no one falls through the cracks 6:07 "we're working with local facilities, local entitit,e they urches, be theyommunitycenters t espeally to the mordisadvantagee polation beuse those arethe oneg hard" mvhs says they've vaccinated the vast majority of their employees who work with patients.

Now, they're vaccinating outside health professionals who work with patients, likeoctor'offices andp to a $100,000 fine from the state, which the governor recently discussed?: "so we're certainly working toward that.

I can't make a guarantee we will or will not, but we're certainly working toward it" tomorrow, another historic day: mvhs will give it's first round of the second dose of the covid vaccine.

Jf, nc2.

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