NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that New York state may soon consider “fully vaccinated” to mean having received a COVID-19 booster shot, not just the initial vaccine series.
Hochul mentioned the potential change to New York’s vaccination policy when asked at a briefing about additional steps the state was prepared to take if hospitalizations continue to climb in an expected “winter surge.”
“At some point we may have to determine that ‘fully vaccinated’ means boosted as well,” the governor said. “And we’ll give people the sufficient time frame to make that happen. But I’m just sending out the message now: prepare for that.”
“We’ll get more data,” Hochul added. “I’m not going to sit here and make up a new policy on that front without having it more thought out, but we’ll present that probably very shortly.”
According to the state’s current guidelines, “fully vaccinated is defined as 14 days past an individual's last vaccination dose in their initial vaccine series.”
A booster dose is “strongly recommended” for everyone who is eligible but is not required for proof-of-vaccination policies.
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