Storm postpones state vaccine appointments

Storm postpones state vaccine appointments

A pharmacist checks the batch number of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines as she prepares doses at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the God's Battalion of Prayer Church, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. SOMOS and Elderplan volunteer nurses are expected to vaccinate up to 500 older New Yorkers who attend the church or live in surrounding areas. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

(East Farmingdale, NY)  Appointments for COVID-19 vaccines at New York State run sites on Long Island were cancelled Sunday, due to a winter storm.  The New York State vaccination sites at Jones Beach and Stony Brook were scheduled to reopen Monday, February 8, as planned.  The Associated Press says that Sunday’s cancelled appointments will be rescheduled within seven days.

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Photo: A pharmacist checks the batch number of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines as she prepares doses at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the God’s Battalion of Prayer Church, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Brooklyn (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)