According to the statement, the 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 administered it to members of the public “contrary to the state’s plan to administer it first to frontline health professionals, as well as residents and asylum workers. ”
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 is following the guidelines issued by the New York State Department of Health and says, in part, that it administers “Covid-19 vaccinations for those qualified to receive them” and that it will “actively cooperate” with health department on the matter.
New York State has reported more than 914,000 cases of Covid-19 infection and more than 37,000 virus-related deaths.