New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed an executive order Friday authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and administer COVID-19 vaccines.

The order will be in place for the next 30 days while the governor comes up with a “long-term legislative solution” on vaccine access, according to a statement from Hochul’s office.

“I promised New Yorkers that their family would be my fight,” Hochul said in a statement. “In the absence of federal leadership, we must do everything we can to ensure that New Yorkers have access to the vaccines and preventative healthcare they have come to rely on.”

Hochul said Thursday she would issue an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer COVID-19 shots in response to the Trump administration’s “misguided attack” on immunization and health car

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