Exactly 8 million doses against coronavirus had been administered until this Tuesday in New York City since the first day the immunization plan, but the The goal is for at least 5 million New Yorkers to be fully vaccinated by the end of June. And to reach that figure, the City continues to look for ways to make it easier and more convenient to give the injection, and that is why it was announced that for the holiday of ‘Memorial Day’, next weekend, the mobile vaccination units they will reach the beaches.
“We are on the brink of summer, which begins this Saturday with the reopening of our beaches, and we are going to combine the enjoyment of this season with the reopening of the beaches, with the vaccination effort taking our buses with mobile vaccination units to Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Rockaways and Orchard Beach”Announced Mayor Bill de Blasio at his daily press conference.
With this new plan, the City hopes New Yorkers will seize the opportunity to ‘kill two birds with one stone’: enjoy a day at the beach while getting vaccinated and protecting against the COVID-19.
Beaches reopen for swimming this weekend!
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— NYC Parks (@NYCParks) May 25, 2021
“This is an example of how we are bringing vaccination to people, and in addition to making getting vaccinated easier than ever, we also want it to be fun and that is why today we are also launching new initiatives, so that this week more and more people feel excited to participate, “said the Mayor.
Win tickets to Knicks games
And the new incentives, which join a long list that has been increasing in the past two weeks, will be New York Knicks game tickets. In an agreement with the City, the basketball team announced that they will install mobile vaccination centers outside Madison Square Garden (MSG), and whoever goes to inject themselves this Tuesday, will receive tickets for this Wednesday’s game. The other opportunity will be to go immunize on Thursday and will have the possibility of winning tickets for matches of the next season.
One of the Knicks ‘legends’, Allan Houston, invited New Yorkers to “not miss this opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, since thanks to the union with the City we will be able to carry out this important program, turning MSG into a vaccination center in which any older New Yorker 16-year-old can come to the Garden and inject himself. And until the stock is exhausted, we will give Knicks merchandise to whoever comes. “
The immunization center at MSGA will be located exactly on the ‘Pennsy Food Hall ‘, located at 2 Pennsylvania Plaza on 32nd Street in Manhattan, and will offer COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next two weeks between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm Not needed appointment. To kick off this week, Knicks legends Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier and John Starks will be at the Pennsy, as will ‘Knicks City Dancers’ be on site to help welcome people.
Those who get vaccinated this Tuesday, May 25, will have the chance to win tickets to Knicks vs Hawks playoff game this Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. People who get vaccinated on May 27, June 1, or June 3 will have a chance to win tickets to a later game.
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