New Yorkers will continue to have access to the latest COVID-19 vaccines , Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday, even as guidance on the vaccines and availability has been upended in recent months by the Trump administration.

The governor said she was extending an executive order signed a month ago that authorized pharmacists to administer COVID-19 shots, regardless of the federal government’s newly restrictive guidelines.

The Food and Drug Administration narrowed approval for the COVID-19 vaccine last summer to those at higher risk from the virus, a reversal of long-standing policy and practice. Those restrictions created logistical challenges and confusion for medical practitioners, pharmacists and people seeking to get immunized, Newsday previously reported .

Pharmacists began to

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