Covid vaccines for underlying conditions start soon: How to prove you have one - syracuse.com

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Albany, N.Y. — New Yorkers with underlying conditions who are looking to get Covid-19 vaccines will have to prove they have one, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today.

The state will require a doctor’s letter, medical documentation proving the condition or a certification signed by vaccine recipients stating they have a condition that qualifies them for a shot.

The state will audit the evidence to ensure the rules are followed, Cuomo said. Some level of fraud is to be expected, he added.

Anyone who falsely certifies they have a condition that qualifies them for a shot will face enforcement, Cuomo said.

“Everybody wants this vaccine,” he said. “You have people who are desperate.”

New Yorkers with underlying conditions will be able to make appointments for vaccines starting Feb. 14 at state-run mass vaccination sites like the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Shots at those sites will begin Feb. 15.

Local health departments will also be allowed to provide shots for those with underlying conditions. They’ll decide on their own how and when to schedule appointments and what type of proof they’ll require, Cuomo said.

Underlying conditions that will qualify you for a shot include:

• Cancer, whether current or in remission
• Chronic kidney disease
• Pulmonary diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities like Down syndrome
• Heart conditions, including heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies and high blood pressure
• Weakened immune system from an organ transplant, blood or bone marrow transplant, HIV, immune deficiencies, use of corticosteroids, use of other immune weakening medicines or other causes
• Obesity
• Pregnancy
• Sickle cell disease or Thalassemia
• Type 1 or 2 diabetes
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Neurologic conditions like Alzheimer’s disease
• Liver disease

Those conditions affect millions of New Yorkers. State websites for vaccine registration are likely to buckle on Sunday when appointments for people with those conditions open.

“There will be a crush,” said Melissa DeRosa, a top Cuomo aide. “This will not be perfect.”

She asked those looking for appointments to be patient.

Cuomo announced last week that vaccine eligibility would expand to those with underlying conditions that put them an increased risk to Covid.

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