The Fire Department has told uniformed employees that it is "working diligently" to get a coronavirus vaccine to be administered to an undetermined number of first-responders by later this month and that it will not be mandatory.
An FDNY spokesperson said the volume of doses that the department would be allocated was not under its control but that it was anticipated that priority would be given to employees who were most frequently in contact with patients.
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