New York lowers COVID-19 vaccine eligibility age to 50

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New York will join a handful of U.S. states that have lowered their eligibility age to 50 for healthy people to receive coronavirus vaccinations, ...

FILE PHOTO: A Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination for MTA employees at Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonNEW YORK -New York will join a handful of US states that have lowered their eligibility age for coronavirus vaccines to 50, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday .

With the change, which takes effect on Tuesday, New York joins Florida, the third largest state, which lowered its eligibility age on Monday, and a handful of other states that have made vaccines available to healthy people who are 50 years old or younger.

 

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