NYC COVID-19 Community Conversations, Resources, Vaccine & Data

COVID-19 Community Conversations: 

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is providing a free 60-minute virtual presentation entitled COVID-19 Community Conversations: Mental Health, Equity & Resilience. The COVID-19 Community Conversation presentation covers topics including grief, trauma, coping, resilience and mental health tips. Click here to register for an upcoming presentation!

New COVID-19 Variant

What we know - Viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time. Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. Other times, new variants emerge and persist. Multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been documented in the United States and globally during this pandemic.  

What we do not know - Scientists are working to learn more about these variants, and more studies are needed to understand: 

• How widely these new variants have spread 
• How the new variants differ 
• How the disease caused by these new variants differs from the disease caused by other variants that are currently circulating 

What it means- Public health officials are studying these variants quickly to learn more to control their spread. They want to understand whether the variants 

• Spread more easily from person to person 
• Cause milder or more severe disease in people 
• Are detected by currently available viral tests 
• Respond to medicines currently being used to treat people for COVID-19 
• Change the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. There is no evidence that this is occurring, and most experts believe this is unlikely to occur because of the nature of the immune response to the virus.

COVID-19 Testing Sites

Walk-in testing is available at no cost to you at these NYC Health + Hospitals locations.  

Click to access: NYC.gov/COVIDTEST.  Get a COVID-19 Test and an Antibody test to know if you have been exposed to the virus. – The tests are FREE, confidential and safe. More than 200 testing sites now open. Learn more.

COVID-19 Vaccine DOHMH has created a Vaccine web page to keep New Yorkers up to date.

Click to access: NYC.gov/COVIDVACCINE

COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility

The COVID-19 vaccine is now available to certain groups in NYC. The following groups have recently become eligible: 

• People age 65 and older 
• Teachers and education workers 
• First responders 
• Public safety workers 
• Public transit workers 

Learn which groups are currently eligible for the vaccine, and which may be eligible next.  

Click to access: NYC.gov/COVIDVACCINEDISTRIBUTION

COVID-19 Data

The data reflects the most recent information collected about people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in NYC. It is updated daily.   Click to access COVID-19 DATA

General Information on COVID-19

There is increasing transmission of COVID-19 in New York City and widespread transmission across the United States and in many other countries. Read about: www.nyc.gov/COVID-19