Nursing home vaccine rollout

Nursing home vaccine rollout.

IN RESPONSE TOTHE SLOW ROLLOUT-- STATEAUTHORITIES SAYTHEY'RE STEPPINGIN WHERE THEYCAN.THIS WEEK - THEYARE WORKING TOSPEED UP THEFEDERAL NURSINGHOME PROGRAM....HOPING TOVACCINATE EVERYRESIDENT OVERTHE NEXT TWOWEEKS.IT'S A HIGH-STAKESOPERATION FORNURSING HOMESEVERYWHERE.NEW AT SIX - 7EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER HANNAHBUEHLER SHOWSUS HOW LOCALFACILITIES ARETACKLING THISUNPRECEDENTEDTASK.TRT:2:06OUT: 7EWNSOT: IT'SEMOTIONAL23351:20IT'S A HOPE THATTHIS WILL ENDSOT: WE FINALLYHAVE A TOOL THATWE CAN HAVE THATLIGHT AT THE ENDOF THE TUNNELTWO FRONTLINEHEALTHCAREWORKERSFROMDIFFERENT LOCALNURSING HOMESBOTH WITH VERYSIMILAR STORIESTHESEWOMENSTACYSEBASTIAN OFABSOLUTE CARE OFAURORA PARK ANDANNIE SPANO FROMHARRIS HILL SAYTHEY'VE MOVEDMOUNTAINS TOKEEP RESIDENTSAND STAFF SAFEFOR NEARLY A YEARSOT: WHEN YOUTHINK OF THEOBSTACLES THERESTRICTIONSSOT: IT REALLY WASA GIFT THAT WEWERE FINALLY ABLETO ROLL OUT THISVACCINENURSING HOMES INTHE STATE ARERECEIVING THEFIRST DOSE OF THECOVID-19VACCINE..SOT: WE HAVE 611ENROLLEDFACILITIESSTATEWIDE ABOUT288 HAVECOMPLETED THEFIRST DOSEAND AT HARRISHILLTHE FIRSTDOSE WASADMINISTERED ONSUNDAY TO 40PATIENTS AND 120STAFF MEMBERS.SOT: THE VACCINEWAS A HUGESUCCESSSPANO SAYS THEONLY HURDLE ISTHE VACCINE CAN'TBE ADMINISTEREDTO THOSE WHOHAVE HAD COVID-19WITHIN THE PAST 14DAYSSOME SOMEPATIENTS NEED TOFULLY RECOVERFIRSTSOT: SOME OF THEUNITS ARE REDZONES AND THOSEARE ACTIVE COVID-19 POSITIVEPATIENTSSTANDUP: HERE ATABSOLUTE CARE INEAST AURORA ITSVACCINATION CLINICFOR THE FIRSTDOSE WILL BEGINON THURSDAYTHOSE INSIDE SAYTHEY CAN'T WAITSOT: FOR OURCLINIC WE GIVE THESPECIFIC NUMBERSTO WALGREENSTHEIR STAFF WILLBE ON SITEADMINISTERING THEVACCINATIONABSOLUTE CARE OFAURORA PARK SAYS160 PATIENTS HAVEGIVEN CONSENT TORECEIVE THEVACCINE ANDABOUT 50% OF THESTAFFTHE NURSING HOMEVACCINATIONPROGRAM IS BEINGRUN BY THEFEDERALGOVERNMENTSOT: THAT HAS NOTMOVED AS QUICKLYAS WE WOULD LIKEIT TO MOVESO THE STATE OFNEW YORKNOWSTEPPING IN TOMAKE SURE ALLSTAFF ANDRESIDENTS WILL BEVACCINATED WITHINTHE NEXT TWOWEEKSSOT: AGAIN WEJUST CAN'T WAITUNTIL THURSDAYHANNAH BUEHLER7EWN