A network of ultra-direct-owned and operated medical clinics in New York authorities is being investigated for allegations that members of the public with COVID-19 vaccine are contraindicated. official distribution plans.
New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker announced the study on the ParCare Community Health Network on Saturday, saying in a statement that he may have received the vaccines “falsely” and given doses to members of the public “going against the plan of the state. “
People gather outside the synagogue of the Yetev Lev D’Satmar Congregation in Williamsburg, New York, October 2020
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“We take this very seriously and the DOH will assist the State Police in the criminal investigation of this case,” Zucker said in his statement, referring to the Department of Health.
“Anyone found to have taken part in this scheme will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
According to Zucker, ParCare has reportedly violated “the state ‘s plan for administration [the vaccine] initially to frontline health care workers, as well as nursing home residents and staff. ”
BoroPark24, a Yiddish-language news agency, reported on December 21 that the ParCare Community Health Network had received 3,500 doses of the vaccine with Moderna and vaccinated 500 people that day.
The group said that in addition to Boro Park, ParCare has six locations in Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Bensonhurst, East Harlem and Kiryas Joel.
ParCare CEO Gary Schlesinger disputed New York State ‘s allegations in a statement to the New York Post, asking ParCare to get approval to vaccinate patients who only received people over 60 or with basic conditions of the dose.
He also told BoroPark that the Department of Health enjoys working with clinics that have gone through a “strict licensing process” with the state and that meet the requirement to cater for the most diverse numbers. .
Haredi wears a surgical mask as he walks through Boro Park in New York
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ParCare also wrote on Twitter that it would “actively cooperate with the New York State Department of Health on this issue” and stated that “there has been a long history of engagement with New York City to provide New Yorkers with the health care services they most need. ”
Health officials in New York have warned that the worst-hit areas of the virus outbreak are over ultra-rectangular Jewish communities in the cities of Brooklyn and Queens and in one or two counties. nearby.
But tensions have been high between Orthodox officials and communities over social distance measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has ravaged Orthodox neighborhoods.