New York will lower the COVID-19 vaccine eligibility age to 60 starting Wednesday, and expand the shots to some “public-facing” workers next week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced.
Previously, New Yorkers aged 65 and over were eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
“The [vaccine] supply is increasing. If the supply is increasing, we can then increase our distribution levels,” Cuomo said as he made the announcement Tuesday at the vaccination site at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
“So now 60-year-olds, 60-year-old plus, are going to be available. They can start making appointments tomorrow. They can make them at the mass vaccination sites, they can make them at pharmacies, but that will start 8 a.m. tomorrow,” Cuomo said, explaining, “60 plus — that means people like as old as I am now, will be eligible for the vaccine.”
The 63-year-old governor added that “public-facing” government and nonprofit workers, and essential building service workers, will also become eligible for the coveted shots starting March 17.
Read more at NY Post.
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People tell me I don’t look a day under 60. Is that good enough? Or do I actually have to be 60 and over?