Rumor about walk-in vaccination creates a crush

A message relayed on social networks created an endless queue in front of a vaccination center in New York last Thursday. He ensured that it was possible to come to be vaccinated against the coronavirus without an appointment because of a surplus of doses, reports The HuffPost.

The scene took place in front of the Brooklyn Army Terminal transformed into a 24-hour vaccination center. After receiving this message, especially via WhatsApp, hundreds of people went to the site on foot or by car. A large queue and traffic jams were then observed. Faced with this situation, the police and city officials had to intervene to disperse the crowd.

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Sur Twitter, Bill Neidhardt, the spokesman for the mayor of New York, said it was a false rumor and he called on those who had moved to return to their homes. However, on social networks, some claim to have been directed to a queue “without appointment” by agents present on the spot.

“Today was an exception […] Unfortunately, we are no longer able to offer walk-in tours, ”a city health worker told people waiting outside. At the same time, some people who had an appointment reported that they had not been able to receive their injection.

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