New York City could run out of COVID-19 vaccines within days – Xinhua English.news.cn

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) – New York City is on the verge of running out of COVID-19 vaccines by next week and is asking the federal government to send in additional doses, on Friday said. Mayor Bill de Blasio.

“We will run out of vaccines next week in New York,” he said. “The supply must go where there is infrastructure to inject it into the arms of the people. We know that there are supplies in this country that are not being used.”

According to an official statement, the city had less than 186,000 first doses remaining on Friday. Two of the city’s largest hospital systems, those at New York University and Mount Sinai, are running out of appointments at the moment and all systems are expected to run out by the end of next week. if there is no replenishment.

The city reported 33,847 doses on Thursday and has already administered more than 337,500 to New Yorkers, including more than 42,000 seconds. The city also administered 71.3% of the 175,000 vaccines it intended to distribute by the end of this weekend.

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