New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has issued a letter to hospital administrators detailing directives to expand capacity as the state fights COVID-19.
Rome Memorial Hospital is expected to begin vaccinating its employees for COVID-19 as early as next week, if the FDA authorizes emergency use of the Moderna vaccine on Friday as expected.
Governor Andrew Cuomo says the New York state Clinical Advisory Task Force has unanimously approved the FDA’s decision to approve the COVID-19 vaccine.
Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state Health Department is ordering hospitals statewide to increase their bed capacity by 25 percent to deal with the increase in coronavirus cases.