New York hospitals could be fined $100,000 and lose access to future COVID-19 vaccine doses if they don’t use up their supplies within a week, Cuomo says

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New York hospitals could be fined $100,000 and lose access to future COVID-19 vaccine doses if they don’t use up their supplies within a week, Cuomo says

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-New York) speaks at a press conference in September.







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Hospitals in New York face a $100,000 fine if they don't use their COVID-19 vaccine doses quickly enough, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Some of the state's hospitals have used less than a fifth of their current doses, he added.

"I don't want the vaccine in a fridge or a freezer, I want it in somebody's arm," Cuomo said.

If they don't use up their current supply by Friday, hospitals may not get more doses, new regulations say.

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New York hospitals could be fined and denied access to further COVID-19 vaccine doses if they don't use up their supplies within a week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a news conference Monday.

Hospitals could be hit with a $100,000 fine if they don't use their current doses by Friday, and in the future will be given seven days to administer fresh batches of doses, he said.

Some of the state's hospitals have used less than a fifth of their current doses, he said.

"I don't want