3 additional COVID-19 vaccination sites to open Friday on Long Island

3 additional COVID-19 vaccination sites to open Friday on Long Island

Registered Nurse Rita Alba, right, directs Alba Carrasco to the recovery area after giving her the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the Bronx River Addition NYCHA complex, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. From elderly Cuban Americans in Florida to farmworkers in California, Latinos face daunting barriers like fear, language and a lack of education and access as the COVID-19 vaccines roll out, creating risks for public health as the virus mutates and spreads. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

(East Farmingdale, NY)  Three additional New York State run COVID-19 test sites, will open this Friday on Long Island.  The new mass vaccination centers will be located at SUNY Old Westbury in Westbury, Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood, and the Stony Brook University campus in Southampton.  Each site will have the ability to vaccinate more than one thousand New Yorker’s per day.  Sites will be open daily from 8am-7pm starting on March 19th.  Appointments for vaccinations at the new locations can be made starting on Wednesday March 17th at 8am, through the NYS ‘am i eligible site’ or by call the vaccine hotline at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX.

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Photo: Registered Nurse Rita Alba, right, directs Alba Carrasco to the recovery area after giving her the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the Bronx River Addition NYCHA complex, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in the Bronx, NY (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)