After one semanates from having closed due to dose shortage, this Thursday the 15 vaccination centers against the COVID-19 administered by the City Department of Health (DOHMH), which will immunize more than 22,000 people who had to cancel their appointments last week.
He Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed this Thursday that Governor Andrew Cuomo authorized the City to use 18,000 vaccines of the 273,000 that are kept in reserve to apply to people in long-term care centers, and that have not been used because these people have not wanted to vaccinate yet, and now those doses will be used in the first injection from other New Yorkers.
“We will ensure that those doses are used in the communities most affected by the coronavirus“, said De Blasio, adding that this is a “crucial issue, making sure that we are prioritizing the most affected places“.
Since last week the municipal president has insisted to the State and the Federal Government that allows you to use these reserves to use them as first doses, something that would allow you to continue with the immunization plan against the coronavirus without interruptions and that until now has allowed almost 700,000 New Yorkers have been injected.
“Until today, and from the beginning of our effort We’ve dosed 699,524 New Yorkers, which is more people than the total population of Boston, “said the Mayor, insisting once again, that if they receive the supplies they are requesting, the city have a capacity to vaccinate at least 500,000 people a week.
And in what he considered a great advance, the Mayor emphasized that thanks to these latest progress that has been made in recent days in this fight to vaccinate more and more people, including the good news from the federal government that there will be a 30% increase in the supply of Moderna doses for the Big Apple, “now we can reopen the 15 immunization centers of the Health Department”.
“Our goal, of course, is to use every possible dose, because every injection we give brings us closer to our goal of rolling back this terrible pandemic,” he said. the Health Commissioner, Dr. Dave Chokshi.
And like every day, the Mayor presented the indicators of the coronavirus in New York City, highlighting first that the daily admissions to hospitals of people who suspect they have COVID were 232 patients this Thursday, of which 63% turned out to be positive, while the new positive cases that same day totaled 4,561, well above the goal imposed of not exceeding 500 per day, and in turn the rate of positivity in seven consecutive days was located at 8.09%.
To make appointments to get vaccinated:
- You can call the line: 877 – VAX – 4NYC
- You can visit the web pages: visit nyc.gov/vaccinefinder
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