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 over age 16 are  
 eligible starting  
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 2     COURIER LIFE, APRIL 2-8, 2021 
 A woman shows off her vaccine card.   HOW TO GET  
 BY BEN VERDE 
 The vaccine rollout in New  
 York has been marked with  
 confusion, with those  eligible  
 fi nding the process of securing  
 an appointment for the  
 life-saving jab onerous and  
 time-consuming. 
 In late February, New York  
 State  made  offi cial the most  
 sweeping expansion of eligibility  
 for the vaccine since the  
 fi rst immunization was authorized  
 in late December, allowing  
 anyone  with  pre-existing  
 conditions — such as asthma,  
 cancer,  kidney  disease,  intellectual  
 and developmental disorders, 
  pulmonary disease, or  
 high  blood  pressure —  to  get  
 the shot, as long as they bring  
 an attestation to their appointment. 
 In  early  March,  they  further  
 expanded eligibility, allowing  
 any adult over the age  
 of 50 to receive the shot and  
 on March 30, Gov. Andrew  
 Cuomo deemed New Yorkers  
 30 years of age and older vaccine 
 eligible. 
 This  ostensibly  made  millions  
 more New Yorkers eligible  
 for the vaccine. To present  
 the process in the simplest  
 of terms, Brooklyn Paper has  
 prepared a guide on how to  
 get the COVID-19 vaccine in  
 Kings County.  
 Make sure you’re  
 eligible  
 New York State’s rollout  
 of the vaccine had originally  
 been conducted in phases, but  
 has now essentially fi zzled  
 out. As of March 26, the following  
 New Yorkers are eligible  
 for the vaccine: 
 • Healthcare workers and  
 residents and staff at longterm  
 care facilities 
 • Essential workers including  
 school staff, grocery store  
 workers, food service workers,  
 and taxi drivers 
 • In-person college faculty  
 and essential staff and essential  
 building service workers 
 • Public-facing government  
 employees and non-profi t  
 workers 
 • Those over 30 and those  
 with pre-existing conditions 
 All residents 16 and older  
 will  be  eligible  on  April  6,  
 Cuomo said on March 29. 
 As of March 30, New York  
 City had administered nearly  
 4 million doses of the Moderna, 
  Pfi zer and Johnson &  
 Johnson vaccines. (You can  
 track this in live time here.) 
 To date, more  than 28 percent  
 of  Brooklynites  have  received  
 at least one dose of the  
 vaccine, while 13 percent are  
 fully vaccinated, according  
 to the city. Statewide, health  
 offi cials  have  administered  
 a total of more than 9 million  
 doses. 
 How to get the  
 COVID-19 vaccine  
 appointment 
 While both city and state  
 offi cials say the vaccine is the  
 key to recovery, critics claim  
 they haven’t exactly made the  
 process for securing an appointment  
 easy. The city and  
 state  have  separate  websites  
 for their separately run vaccination  
 sites, and both have  
 proved  to  be  clunky  and  confusing, 
  especially for the older  
 and less technologically inclined. 
   
 State-run sites in and  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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