The need for these shots grow every day as New York reports a total of 32,725 deaths from coronavirus since the pandemic began, 1.2 million people have tested positive and the current positivity rate stands well over 5%.
COVID Vaccine Demand Outpacing Supply; More Appointments Canceled As New Vaccination Centers Open In New York City
CBS New York 1/17/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) The urgency for vaccinations is greater than ever as the CDC warns the highly contagious U.K. variant of COVID could dominate the U.S. by spring.
The Brooklyn Army Terminal mega vaccination site was locked up tight Saturday. It was supposed to be open 24/7.
Imagine the surprise of public school teacher Kaitlyn Palombo when she arrived.
“I had an appointment today,” Palombo said.
“Unfortunately, this site is closed today so everyone was rescheduled,” she was told by an official there.
Late on Thursday afternoon, hordes of New Yorkers swarmed a 24/7 city-run vaccine site at Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, hoping to get a shot. “We need to give out 410+” said a message that was circulating by text and WhatsApp, presumably implying that the pharmacists at the vaccination site had found themselves with extra doses that they needed to administer before the shots expired. The message suggested that anyone over the age of 18 could try for a walk-in appointment.
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What happened exactly is unclear. “There is NOT available vaccine for people without appointments,” the mayor’s press secretary tweeted. “This was misinformation and the notification did not come from the NYC gov.” NYC Councilman Justin Brannan said that the announcement that was circulating was not an official one and that City Hall was “investigating its origin,” though he also acknowledged that there may in fact have been additional doses available. “This is
It may be months possibly as long as 12 months for all New Yorkers who want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to actually get their shots, according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) The push to try to get more people vaccinated in New York continues.
Three new locations opened up Saturday in New York City at NYCHA buildings to try to get the shots to people hit the hardest by the coronavirus.
Clinics were set to open at the Van Dyke I & II Houses in Brooklyn, Cassidy Lafayette Houses in Staten Island and Polo Grounds Towers in Manhattan.
Members of the NYPD s Medical Division vaccinated hundreds of residents at the Polo Grounds Towers in Harlem.
More than 500 residents age 65 and older were expected to receive the Moderna vaccine.