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Video by Maj. Michael O'Hagan

Governor Andrew Cuomo visits Javits Center NY Vaccination Site

New York National Guard

March 8, 2021 | 5:41

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of New York State, conducts a press briefing in the Incident Command Center, after which U.S. Army Spc. Alysia Bernard, a combat medic specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1 Battalion 69th Infantry, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 42nd Infantry Division, administers vaccinations, in support of state efforts to provide mass COVID-19 vaccinations administered by the New York State Department of Health, at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, New York, March 08, 2021.

The National Guard has hundreds of Guardsmen and women deployed to the vaccination site to support staffing for the site. The New York State Department of Health conducts vaccination efforts for essential workers and members of the community over age 65 beginning January 13, 2021. Eligible members of the public, 18 and over, can register for a vaccine appointment through the Department of Health website: https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Maj. Michael O’Hagan)