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ICYMI: 'Not Safe Yet,' Despite Cuomo Lifting COVID-19 Emergency

Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shan Ahmed said vaccinated people could still be carriers of COVID-19.

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Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shan Ahmed addresses lifting the pandemic emergency in New York.
Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shan Ahmed addresses lifting the pandemic emergency in New York. (Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital )

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — There is plenty of reason to be happy with vaccination rates eclipsing 70 percent in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo took that moment to lift the emergency COVID-19 restrictions as of June 24, and New Yorkers are allowing themselves the chance to get "back to normal" for the first time in 18 months.

But Dr. Shan Ahmed, chief medical officer at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, is keeping a more cautious tone.

Click here for the full Patch interview with Dr. Ahmed.

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