Cases in NYC have been steadily rising since the first one was detected in May. The city administered 1,000 doses late last month, also running out of appointments within hours then.
That same evening, the health department announced a “limited number of appointments” were finally available. This time, people were given a choice of two temporary vaccine clinics, one at the Central Harlem Sexual Health Clinic and the other at the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic. Yacco was one of the lucky people to snag an appointment before they were all gone in less than 15 minutes.
“With COVID rates rising with the other things that have been going on this summer, this is one less thing that I will have to worry about once I get my shot,” he said. “Our supply of vaccine is wholly inadequate. Appts are gone within minutes of posting,” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said Wednesday on Twitter. “We need the feds to send us far more doses ASAP.”Offered at clinics in Central Harlem & Chelsea. Another batch of appts will be dropping early next week.
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