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The August 2022 conversion of city-run COVID-19 vaccination sites for children under 5 into Monkeypox vaccination centers drew condemnation from some parents and local politicians for taking place just weeks before the new school year. At the time, toddlers had only been eligible for vaccination for less than two months.
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York State on March 1, 2020, in a 39-year-old health care worker who had returned home to Manhattan from Iran on February 25. [9] [10] Genomic analyses suggest the disease had been introduced to New York as early as January, and that most cases were linked to Europe, rather than Asia. [1]
The government of New York state initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a stay-at-home order in March 2020. As the pandemic progressed in New York state and throughout the rest of the country, the state government, following recommendations issued by the U.S. government regarding state and local government responses, began imposing social distancing measures and workplace hazard ...
New York City is moving to shut down schools, restaurant dining and nonessential businesses in nine Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods undergoing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Mayor de Blasio said Sunday.
A forced year-and-a-half long experiment in remote learning and the cascading economic, medical and emotional fallout of the pandemic left an indelible mark on the kids, educators and
City schools are set to stay open Wednesday, said Mayor de Blasio, explaining that the COVID infection rate is yet to reach a critical threshold. “Once again, our indicators prove that we’re ...
The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of New York during the pandemic was confirmed on March 1, 2020, [2] and the state quickly became an epicenter of the pandemic, with a record 12,274 new cases reported on April 4 and approximately 29,000 more deaths reported for the month of April than the same month in 2019. [7]
Jay Varma is a physician and epidemiologist [1] who previously served as senior advisor for public health [2] [3] and COVID-19 to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. [4] [5]In that role, Varma helped lead New York City's COVID-19 pandemic response, including diagnostic testing, [4] contact tracing, [6] vaccine mandates [7] and the phased re-opening of businesses. [8]