Morning appointments for Covid vaccine at GCC on Friday will be rescheduled

Health Alert from Genesee and Orleans County Health Departments

BATAVIA – Some of the Covid-19 2nd Dose Vaccine Clinic appointments scheduled for Friday at Genesee Community College in Batavia will be moved to another day due to the weather-related delay of vaccine delivery.

Anyone with an appointment between 9 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. will be contacted directly by the provided e-mail or phone number to reschedule the appointment for next week.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

UPDATED at 8:08 p.m.: Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued this statement about the vaccine shipping delays:

“The Federal government has informed New York that nearly all Covid-19 vaccine doses allocated for Week 10 — which were scheduled to be delivered between February 12th and February 21st — are delayed due to the winter storms continuing to impact much of the country. Every dose that should have shipped on Monday was held back, and only a limited number of Pfizer vaccines left shipping facilities on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“This delay will undoubtedly pose a logistical challenge for New York — but as we have shown over the last 350-plus days, we are New York Tough, and we are up to the challenge. The Department of Health is working closely with all providers, including local health departments, hospitals, pharmacies, and FQHCs to minimize the impact on their operations and reduce the number of appointments that must be rescheduled. The vaccine is the weapon that will win the war against Covid, and we will continue to work with our federal partners to expedite the delayed shipments and will keep New Yorkers updated over the coming days.”