At Least 17K NYC Teachers Want Coronavirus Vaccine ASAP: Union

New York City NY

12 January, 2021

4:49 PM

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NEW YORK CITY — About 17,000 New York City teachers and educators — and potentially even more — want the coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible, according to the United Federation of Teachers. It only took 24 hours for a UFT survey to find that level of interest among teacher, a release by the union states. "Using information the members supplied in their survey responses, the UFT has sent nearly 7,000 names to our partner health care providers, the NYU Langone hospital system and EmblemHealth, who said they had that many vaccine doses available," the release states. "The UFT is giving priority to those members who currently have an in-person assignment. Given, however, the limits of the supply and our provider locations, willingness to travel will expedite a member being matched with a provider." Teachers recently became eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The UFT, as well as other unions, is coordinating a program to distribute doses in addition to other public programs.