Vaccine info; We are in phase 1A. Before receiving vaccination, eligible New Yorker must complete the New York State COVID-19 Vaccine Form; more information is available at https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/
· New Yorkers who are presently eligible for the vaccine include:
o High-risk hospital workers (emergency room workers, ICU staff and Pulmonary Department staff)
o Residents and staff at nursing homes and other congregate care facilities
o Federally Qualified Health Center employees
o EMS workers
o Coroners, medical examiners and certain funeral workers
o Staff and residents at OPWDD, OMH and OASAS facilities
o Urgent Care providers
o Individuals administering COVID-19 vaccines, including local health department staff
o All Outpatient/Ambulatory front-line, high-risk health care workers of any age who provide direct in-person patient care
o All staff who are in direct contact with patients (ie, intake staff)
o All front-line, high-risk public health workers who have direct contact with patients, including those conducting COVID tests, and handling COVID specimens or vaccinations, including but not limited to:
§ Doctors who work in private medical practices and their staff
§ Doctors who work in hospital-affiliated medical practices and their staff
§ Doctors who work in public health clinics and their staff
§ Registered nurses
§ Specialty medical practices of all types
§ Dentists and Orthodontists and their staff
§ Psychiatrists and Psychologists and their staff
§ Physical Therapists and their staff
§ Optometrists and their staff
§ Pharmacists and Pharmacy Aides
· Beginning on January 11, the following will be additionally eligible for vaccination:
o Home care workers
o Hospice workers
o Staff of nursing homes/skilled nursing facilities who did not receive COVID vaccination through the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program
Westchester COVID Data (12/7)
Westchester Cases: 72,762 (+544 overnight)
Westchester Tests: 1,459,017 (+7,180 overnight)
Westchester Fatalities: 1,683 (+72 over the last two weeks)
New York State Cases: 1,028,362 (+11,209 overnight)
New York State Tests: 25,983,464 (+134,360 overnight)
New York State Fatalities: 30,648 (+1,939 over the last two weeks)
· Westchester County re-introduced its dashboard of local coronavirus cases. The new dashboard provides additional data including ‘active’ cases, cumulative cases, and a test site finder. The dashboard is updated daily. The updated dashboard is available at the below link:
o https://wcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/280339d96db14efd9cc304dba0f3a71d
o Westchester County has requested additional data, including deaths and hospitalizations, from New York State. If granted this data, we will include it on the dashboard.
Supervisor Feiner:
The Department of Public Works has prepared a page on the Town website with information for residents and business owners concerning the Town's recently completed Street Tree Inventory and Community Forest Management Plan. A link to this information can be found below.