Javits Center in Manhattan and the SUNY and CUNY university campuses will be used as sites to apply the COVID vaccine even without getting out of the car, operated by the state, announced yesterday the Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Speaking from Albany during a briefing on the pandemic, Cuomo said that large sites would be part of the “ special efforts” plan for the distribution of vaccines to the general public, starting with essential workers and people over 75 years.
Hospitals, pharmacies, churches, and community centers will also administer the dose. “We need the supply to do that, but we are already preparing them. We did it with the COVID tests and we will do it again here, ”Cuomo said.
Some police, fire and traffic agencies will be asked to organize their own systems of distribution. “We can have essential workers use their own employees or their own healthcare provider to do their vaccinations, which takes a burden off the retail system. It eliminates them from the hospital system, ”Cuomo explained.
On the eve, on Monday the governor threatened to fine the hospitals up to $ 100 thousand dollars if they don’t finish their first round of vaccines by the end of the week, highlighted Fox News.
In New York, the state with the most deaths from coronavirus in the country (38, 718), criticisms have arisen about a slower vaccination rate than necessary , breaching the promises of the authorities.