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Key Worker Mark Reid from North Shields receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne January 9, 2021. AFP pic
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PARIS, Jan 14 The unprecedented push to inoculate the world’s population against Covid-19 has got off to a sluggish start, triggering a storm of criticism.
Here’s a look at the major obstacles that have hampered the vaccine rollout, and what’s being done about them.
Insufficient supply
While the coronavirus vaccines have been developed and approved at record-breaking speed, deliveries of the first batches have been smaller than many had hoped, notably in the European Union.
Vaccine frenzy in New York: Hundreds line up and traffic is jammed for eight blocks after false rumors spread on social media about spare doses being given away as state s rollout is branded a completes mess
Reports on social media said 400+ doses were available to anyone aged 18+ at the Brooklyn Army Terminal
Claims sent New Yorkers into a frenzy Thursday night with around 500 flocking to the site
New York City officials tweeted that this was misinformation and sent cops to disperse the crowds
Less than 4% of the state s population have so far been vaccinated, according to data from Bloomberg
Governor Cuomo and NYC Mayor de Blasio have pushed the blame onto the federal government
Worth a shot: Washingtonians desperate for leftover COVID vaccine line up outside supermarket pharmacies from 4am and wait for up to 9 HOURS to see if they get lucky
Unofficial waiting lines are appearing at supermarket pharmacies in Washington D.C. as news spread that people could receive a leftover vaccine dose
Pharmacists are unable to refreeze vaccine doses meaning that if people miss appointments or there is an extra in a vial, some are leftover at closing time
With no federal plan in place and D.C. guidance saying not to let any dose go to waste, Giant and Safeways began offering doses to those in the store at closing
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