Following Emergence Of NY Variant, City Moves To Boost Vaccination In Washington Heights
arrow COVID-19 vaccination center at the Armory, an indoor track and field complex in Washington Heights. Mark Lennihan/AP/Shutterstock
The city is planning to open additional vaccine sites in Washington Heights and Inwood, the neighborhoods where one of the new variants of the coronavirus was first spotted in late February. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement at a press conference Friday after being asked about what residents of the Upper Manhattan communities should do to help beat the pandemic.
“Every single one of us has to keep doing the smart things not one but two masks whenever possible and the social distancing,” de Blasio said. “But it’s our obligation as the city to ensure that vaccination and testing is provided with special emphasis on the communities hardest hit by COVID, like Washington Heights.”
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