'A blessing': at-home vaccination program brings shots to U.S. homebound

Helen Turchioe, (R) who is part of a team of vaccinators administering shots to homebound seniors, prepares to administer a second shot of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to Idalia Vazquez, 83, in Yonkers, New York, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith

YONKERS, New York (Reuters) - Some senior citizens and others can't leave home to get vaccinated against COVID-19 - so the vaccine is coming to them.

"It's a blessing," Clara Vazquez said as her 83-year-old mother, who suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, prepared to receive her second vaccination.