State will add 3 new COVID-19 vaccination sites on Long Island

State will add 3 new COVID-19 vaccination sites on Long Island

Used syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen discarded in a biohazard trash container at a COVID-19 vaccination site at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

(East Farmingdale, NY)-  New York State officials announced that Long Island will be getting three new state run, COVID-19 mass vaccination centers.  The three new sites will be located at Suffolk County Community College Campus in Brentwood, SUNY Old Westbury Campus in Westbury and Stony Brook University Southampton Campus in Southampton.  Officials say the sites are still in development.  No word yet on when operations at the new facilities will begin, what the hours of operation will be for each site or which vaccines will be offered.

Photo: Used syringes with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen discarded in a biohazard trash container at a COVID-19 vaccination site at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)