AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — Despite an executive order statewide intended to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, some people are being denied shots at certain pharmacies unless they have a prescription.

Dawn Cwierley said she went to the Walgreens on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst for a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday but was refused the shot.

"First, I spoke with a pharmacy tech who said, 'No, you can't get a COVID vaccine, you're not immunocompromised and obviously not old enough," Cwierley said. "I told them they were wrong. There's a recent executive order."

That executive order was signed on September 5 by Governor Kathy Hochul. It authorized pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccines without requiring patients to get a prescription, even for those under 65.

Earlier this month, New Yo

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