New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visits Hillcrest High School where a COVID-19 Vaccination hub has been set up, in the Queens borough of New York City, NY, January 11, 2021. Department of Health has estimated that approximately 2000 people are being vaccinated a day at Hillcrest High School; New York City has opened fives sites and plans to add more for the accelerations of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, with priority to group 1B which includes healthcare and essential workers, education workers, first responders, public safety workers, transit worker, and the estimated 1.4 million people aged 75 and older. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
NY: NYC Mayor de Blasio Visits Vaccination Site In Queens
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor says the city will run out of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine doses sometime Thursday without fresh supplies.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the city will have to start canceling vaccine appointments unless it gets more doses.
Today’s #COVID19 indicators:
• 255 new hospitalizations
• 5,009 new cases
• 8.23% positivity rate (7-day avg.)THIS is why a full vaccine supply is so critical. We NEED more doses so we can fight back.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) January 19, 2021
After a sluggish start, New York has ramped up the vaccination effort by opening new inoculation sites including 24-hour vaccine hubs around the city. De Blasio said 220,000 doses were given out last week. De Blasio said the city could administer 300,000 doses this week if it had enough vaccine. But he said the problem is “we don’t.”
As of Sunday, a New Yorker was getting vaccinated for COVID-19 every THREE seconds. And we’re going to keep going.
At this rate, we will run out THIS Friday. We need federal support right now. We need the maximum supply. pic.twitter.com/1mZ78nUE25
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) January 19, 2021
