Health Protocols

Masks Requirements – Face coverings are strongly recommended to be worn when indoors.

• Participants and staff, regardless of vaccination status, are required to wear a mask when:

• • Returning to work or program on the sixth day after testing positive for COVID-19 through day 10 after symptom onset or date of positive test, whichever is earlier, including when traveling on CNL transportation or the agency van.
  • Exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 at program or office.
• Participants and staff, regardless of vaccination status, are strongly recommended to wear a mask:
• • When they are exposed to someone with COVID-19, whether the exposure occurred at program, home or within the community. The person should wear a mask for 10 days after the last day of exposure and get tested at least 24 hours apart on the 4th and 5th day of the exposure.
  • When they are moderately-to-severely immunocompromised, and masking is recommended by their healthcare provider
  • In crowded indoor settings

Screenings

• A daily health screening is no longer required to enter program sites.

Staff Vaccinations

• Vaccination is still required for all visitors entering all SEBNC program sites.
• Vaccination is still required for all SEBNC employees
• Vaccination is required for all SEBNC employees who work in DOE sites
• Proof of positive COVID-19 test is still required for all participants and staff.

All people 5 years of age or older are eligible for vaccine in NYC. Get vaccinated today!

Please help us spread the word! Most of the resources below are available on nyc.gov/health in at least 13 languages.

• Main Vaccine homepage: nyc.gov/covidvaccine
  • Vaccine Data Page
• Where to get vaccinated: nyc.gov/vaccinefinder OR by calling 877-VAX-4NYC
  • In home vaccinations are available for ALL New Yorkers 12 and older: Go to nyc.gov/homevaccine to sign up or call 877-VAX-4NYC
• Vaccine Referral Bonus Program: nyc.gov/vaccineincentives
• Share the facts about vaccines:
  • Vaccine basics:
    • FAQ
    • The Truth About COVID-19 Vaccines
    • Kids Vaccine FAQ
    • What New Yorkers Need to Know Palm Card
  • How the vaccines were developed and how they work:
    • COVID-19 Vaccine Development Infographic
    • How It Works – Infographic – Pfizer and Moderna
    • How It Works – Infographic – J&J
  • Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Fertility:
    • COVID-19 Vaccines Reproductive Health FAQ
    • Dr. Stephens on COVID-19 Vaccines and Fertility
    • Dr. Morse on Pregnancy, Nursing & Fertility
• If you have COVID-19: COVID-19 Symptoms – What To Do Factsheet
  • Self-testing FAQ: COVID-19 At Home Testing
• Videos
  • Dr. Chokshi Update on Omicron
  • *New* Community Vaccine Stories:
    • Why I Got Vaccinated – Martha (vaccinated while pregnant)
    • Why I Got Vaccinated – Kojo
    • Why I Got Vaccinated – Marie
    • Why I Got Vaccinated – Stephen
  • COVID-19 Myths
• Social Media kit – use hashtags #IGotTheShotNYC and #NYCVaccineForAll
• Resources for Healthcare Providers ,

Sign up for the Vaccine Command Center Newsletter here!

• (Tuesday 4/13), Federal partners alerted the City about a small number of rare serious adverse events involving the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine. We are communicating this directly to all COVID-19 vaccine providers.
  • Note: 6.8 million doses of J&J have been administered nationally, and there were 6 of these (CVST) adverse events reported
• While these events are extremely rare, out of an abundance of caution the City is pausing the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine today and will review operations for the coming days.
  • For patients who were due to receive the vaccine, those appointments will be rescheduled. A message will be sent but staff will be on site to speak with them in case the message was not received. Homebound appointments will also be rescheduled.
  • We will continue to administer the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in NYC and will keep everyone updated as we learn more and if there will be any further impact on operations.
  • You will not be able to make appointments for J&J vaccines at this time. This may mean sites that were previously available to you to schedule are no longer available. In our Authorized Scheduling system, this includes only the Co-op City site and the NYPD-East New York site.
• The cases being reviewed by the FDA and CDC involve a type of blood clot called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) that was seen in combination with low levels of blood platelets (thrombocytopenia).
  • People who have received the J&J vaccine who develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath within three weeks after vaccination should contact their health care provider.
• This is the vaccine system working exactly as it should: events are reported nationally and the actions being taken today reflect how seriously we take signals from our warning system. Health care providers are asked to report adverse events to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System at https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html
• Continuing our COVID vaccination efforts remains an urgent priority for protecting New Yorkers. We will proceed with administering the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic.