N.Y. Says Medical Staff ‘Must’ Be Vaccinated Before Elderly

The state of New York has warned hospitals that they cannot start giving COVID-19 vaccines to elderly people until they finish vaccinating hospital staff members, according to an email sent to hospitals across the state just before midnight on Febคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. 5 from the governor’s vaccination chief, and obtained by TIME this week.

The memo from Larry Schwartz, an adviser to Governor Andrew Cuomo who is overseeing the vaccination drive across the state, presents a dilemma for some New York hospitals, which have faced widespread hesitancy among staff members to take the vaccine. Schwartz’s email says that hospitals cannot vaccinate other segments of the po…