Hochul extends order to allow COVID vax while joining Dem governors in new public-health alliance

ALBANY COUNTY — On Oct. 14, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she has joined 14 other governors, representing more than a third of the people in the United States, in a nonpartisan, not-for-profit coalition called the Governors Public Health Alliance.

Earlier this month, Hochul had extended for 30 days her executive order, which allows pharmacists to continue administering COVID vaccines, providing access for any New Yorker who wants to be vaccinated.

The goal, the governor’s office said, is to have a long-term legislative solution to protect the immunization and health-care rights of New Yorkers…

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