Roundup: NYS lists frontline healthcare workers as 1A, priority group for COVID-19 vaccination


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Friday, 08 Jan 2021

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- New York State on Thursday once again clarified that healthcare workers on the front lines should be the priority group, classified as "1A" in its distribution plan to receive COVID-19 vaccination, according to an official statement.

"The rules of the COVID vaccine distribution have been clear for many weeks and agreed to by virtually all credible federal and state leaders. The first priority is '1A,' healthcare workers who are on the front lines," said the state government's Communications Director Peter Ajemian in the statement.

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