'Please be patient': New Yorkers try to secure vaccine appointments Future 'drive-thru' option to come to Clinton County Share Updated: 6:20 PM EST Jan 13, 2021 Future 'drive-thru' option to come to Clinton County Share Updated: 6:20 PM EST Jan 13, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript VACCINE ROLLOUT AT THE GOVERNOR'S NEXT NEWS BRIEFING ON FRIDAY. IN BURLINGTON, LS, NBC5 NEWS. THIS WEEK. MORE PEOPLE BECAME ELIGIBLE. TO GET THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IN NEW YORK. BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ASKING YOU... TO BE PATIENT. N-B-C FIVE'S ELENA BARILLA. LIVE IN PLATTSBURGH. WITH WHY THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME. ELENA... I SPOKE WITH HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK TODAY - AND THEY SAY THEY'VE GOTTEN AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT COMING IN TO GET VACCINATED. BUT KEEP IN MIND - IT'S A SLOW ROLLOUT. ANDREA BULL IS HAVING NO LUCK GETTING A VACCINE APPOINTMENT FOR HER ELDERLY FATHER. FRUSTRATING. (ANDREA BULL/LIVES IN PERU) "I'M HOPING THAT I'M ABLE TO GET HIM THIS VACCINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, JUST TO KIND OF PUT HIM AT EASE AND ME." PHONE LINES HAVE BEEN BUSY AT HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK. (JANE HOOPER) "THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED REALLY MEANS THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO HELP THEIR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS STAY HEALTHY, AND TO KEEP THEMSELVES HEALTHY, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION IS." PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING - ASKING IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A DOSE ... AND WHEN THEY CAN GET ONE. THE HEALTH NETWORK says you can FIND THAT WEBSITE. AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE ALL APPOINTMENTS FOR VACCINATIONS ARE MADE. AND THEY'RE HARD TO COME BY - AS HUDSON HEADWATERS IS BOOKED-UP. (JANE HOOPER) "OUR ADVICE TO PEOPLE WOULD BE TO PLEASE BE PATIENT." the health network is STILL WAITING ON A SECOND SHIPMENT OF THE MODERNA VACCINE. AND THEY EXPECT TO EXHAUST THAT FIRST SHIPMENT SOON. (JANE HOOPER) "WE HAVE TO WAIT TO HAVE THE VACCINE IN HAND BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS CANCEL APPOINTMENTS OR EVEN CREATE APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT THE VACCINE IN OUR POSSESSION. SO, AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE OUR NEXT SHIPMENT OF VACCINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL OPEN UP MORE APPOINTMENTS." THE CLINTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO OPEN A DRIVE-THRU FACILITY IN THE AREA... TO DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY HAVE A GOAL TO GIVE ONE-THOUSAND DOSES OF THE VACCINE A DAY TO GROUPS 1A AND 1B. ANDREA BULL HOPES SHE CAN SECURE A SPOT QUICKLY. (ANDREA BULL/LIVES IN PERU) "MY HEART GOES OUT TO A LOT OF FRIENDS OF MINE THAT ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR PARENTS TO GET THEIR PARENTS IN, THEIR GRANDPARENTS IN, AND ARE NERVOUS." THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT DRIVE- THRU FACILITIY WILL BE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY... AND THAT SITE COULD OP