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Hochul tells New Yorkers that second boosters are offered at state’s mass vaccination sites.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday introduced that New Yorkers ages 50 or older who acquired their booster pictures at the least 4 months in the past, or adults who acquired the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, are actually eligible for a second booster dose. New Yorkers who’re at the least 12 years outdated and are reasonably to severely immunocompromised are additionally eligible.
“Getting vaccinated and staying up-to-date with all really helpful doses is the best technique to forestall extreme sickness and hospitalization, and transfer safely ahead by means of this pandemic,” Ms. Hochul stated.
New Yorkers can schedule an appointment for a free booster shot at considered one of greater than a dozen state-run mass vaccination websites, together with Medgar Evers School in Brooklyn; the Queensbury Aviation Mall-Sears in Queensbury; State Truthful Artwork and House Middle in Syracuse; and the College at Buffalo South Campus at Harriman Corridor in Buffalo.
Booster pictures are a dose of an mRNA vaccine — both the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna.
At a information convention on Friday at Metropolis Corridor, the New York Metropolis well being commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, additionally inspired metropolis residents to get booster pictures and to put on masks in public indoor settings, stating that he was sporting a masks on the information convention. Residents can discover a location to get a free shot and make a vaccination appointment on the New York Metropolis Division of Well being’s web site.
The governor’s announcement comes as well being officers estimate that BA.2 — essentially the most transmissible model of the coronavirus but recognized — accounts for greater than half of latest virus instances in america, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stated this week. The Omicron subvariant accounts for about 70 % of instances within the area that features New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico.
Though BA.2 is extra transmissible than BA.1, it has not proven to trigger extra extreme sickness.
Well being consultants fear that BA.2, which has fueled case surges in Europe and Asia, might result in one other wave of the pandemic in New York, and presumably the nation. They imagine that the true variety of instances in New York may be increased than the info suggests, as a result of many individuals are testing at house, with no official reporting of outcomes.
That has well being officers urging New Yorkers to stay vigilant.
“As we’ve seen with the latest enhance of the Omicron subvariant BA.2, Covid remains to be with us,” Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the state well being commissioner, stated within the assertion on Saturday. “These secure and efficient vaccines stay free, together with the second booster.”
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Tourist plane crashes onto highway in France, killing three: video
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Horrifying video shows the aftermath of a deadly tourist plane crash on a highway in France on Sunday.
The crash took place on the A4 highway near Collegien, a small commune in the Seine-et-Marne region of the country. Collegien is roughly 18 miles east of Paris.
Three people, a woman and two men, were killed in the crash. According to Storyful, the plane had two other occupants, but their statuses are unknown.
Social media footage shows bumper-to-bumper traffic next to the mangled plane, which appeared to be lying upside down.
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French officials are investigating a plane crash that took place near a highway on Sunday. (Lin via Storyful)
In the video, smoke was billowing from the scene as emergency officials tended to the crash.
Local prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier told the French newspaper Le Parisian that the pilot “very likely” hit a high voltage line shortly after the plane took off. Local reports say that Bladier is investigating the situation as a possible involuntary manslaughter.
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At least three people died in the deadly plane crash. (Lin via Storyful)
Plane crashes next to or on highways are rare. In August 2023, a small aircraft crashed on the side of a Malaysian highway, killing at least nine people.
In February, two people died in a plane crash on Interstate 75 in Naples, Florida.
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The plane crash caused bumper-to-bumper traffic on the French highway. (Lin via Storyful)
French authorities are actively investigating the situation. No other information is known at this time.
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Far-right win in France would not change Labour's EU plans – Starmer
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The UK Labour leader expressed willingness to work with any government in Europe.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has said he will press on with plans to re-negotiate part of the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the European Union, even if the far-right National Rally (RN) of Marine Le Pen enters government in France.
Starmer – whose Labour party is topping opinion polls ahead of Thursday’s general election – told reporters on the campaign trail on Monday that he didn’t think a far-right win in France would change his party’s “overall intention” of negotiating “a better deal with the EU.”
The UK general election is sandwiched between the two rounds of snap legislative elections in France, abruptly convened by President Emmanuel Macron in what has been described as a high-stakes political gamble.
The far-right National Rally – which has seen its support bolstered under the leadership of Le Pen’s 28-year old protégé Jordan Bardella – swept to victory with 33.4% of the national vote during the first round on Sunday.
The left-wing New Popular Front coalition came in second at 27.9% the vote, with Macron’s centrist alliance trailing third at 20.7%. It places the far-right RN as firm favourites going into the second round, although other parties may tactically remove their candidates from the race in order to block a far-right victory.
“l work with any government in Europe and across the world if we are elected in to serve the country. For me, that’s what serious government is about,” Starmer said on Monday.
But he also made a pitch for centrist forces such as his own Labour party, which is perceived to have gravitated more towards the centre-ground since he replaced Jeremy Corbyn as the party’s leader in 2020.
“The lesson that I take from nationalism and populism, wherever it is across Europe (…) is that we need to address the everyday concerns of so many people in this country who feel disaffected by politics,” Starmer said.
“We have to take that head on and we have to show on Thursday in the UK and across Europe and the world that only progressives have the answer to the challenges that are facing us in this country and across Europe.”
The Labour leader – who campaigned to remain in the European Union ahead of the 2016 Brexit referendum – has kept details of his plan to re-open the post-Brexit trade deal with Brussels vague.
His shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested that chemicals regulation and financial services could be potential areas were a prospective Labour government could seek greater EU alignment.
Starmer has firmly assured he will not seek re-joining the EU’s single market or customs union, or allow the return of freedom of movement. A clause in the post-Brexit TCA foresees a review of the deal in 2026.
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