According to the statement, ParCare Community Health Network – identified by Zucker as an Orange County provider – may have transferred the Covid-19 vaccine to facilities in other parts of the state in violation of state guidelines and the administer to members of the public “contrary to the state’s plan to administer it first to front-line health workers, as well as to nursing home residents and staff.”
Zucker says the New York Department of Health will help state police initiate a criminal investigation into the matter.
A ParCare statement states that it follows guidelines issued by the New York State Department of Health and that, in part, it administers “vaccines against Covid-19 to those qualified to receive them” and that it will “actively cooperate” with Health. department in the matter.
New York State has reported more than 914,000 cases of Covid-19 infection and more than 37,000 virus-related deaths.