De Blasio: June goal of 5 million New Yorkers vaccinated
in sight, with more vax sites around NYC coming soon
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BY MARK HALLUM
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday,
April 5, that New York City is getting
closer to the administration’s goal of
reaching 5 million vaccinated city
dwellers by June, with about half a million
jabs being distributed last week.
With an expected 77,000 additional
doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
set to arrive in the coming days,
and new sites expected to come online
through the city’s portal for appointment
booking, the mayor figures that
number will only keep growing.
“This is amazing stuff — the number
of people being vaccinated now
in New York City is skyrocketing
and more good news ahead as more
supplies are coming. So where do we
stand now? Well, to date, we have given
4,462,022 vaccinations. That is more
vaccinations than there are people in
the state of Oregon,” de Blasio said.
“We’re reaching a lot of people who
it’s particularly important to reach
with that vaccine so we’re going out
into communities, pop-up locations
and public housing, houses of worship,
homebound seniors and other folks
with the one shot, one and done. So
we’re continuing to expand all over the
city so you’re going to see a number of
sites up this week, new sites.”
Despite the June goal of 5 million
vaccinated adults, de Blasio believes
in-person Broadway theater may not
be a reality until September. Nonetheless,
the mayor intends to create a vaccination
center for thespians as well as
mobile vaccinations for off-Broadway
performers.
With spikes in other states causing
concerns about the pace of reopening
for the mayor as well as city Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene
Commissioner Dave Chokshi, de Blasio
reiterated his belief that the state
under embattled Governor Andrew
Cuomo made a mistake by allowing indoor
fitness classes and indoor college
sports to resume.
“Our experience with COVID-19
leads to a clear answer: yes, we have
to remain concerned. We have to remain
vigilant. All the more so because
we have a chance to be in the homestretch
of this marathon because of
vaccination, and the places where
we are the most concerned are what
we have consistently messaged over
the last few weeks, and the last few
months,” Chokshi said. “We know outdoors
is safer than indoors. We know
that places where people are not able
to wear a mask consistently and properly
are higher risk activities, and we
know that larger gatherings confer
more risks than smaller gatherings.
So those are the activities where we
really have to ensure that we remain
cautious and methodical with respect
to reopening.”
Despite the so-called progress in
the vaccination effort, de Blasio said
it may be too early to tell whether or
not that is attributable to the decline in
hospitalizations and deaths, but is confident
significant progress in defeating
the virus is being made.
Reach reporter Mark Hallum by email
at mhallum@schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4564.
The de Blasio administration’s goal of delivering 5 million doses of the COVID-19
vaccine to New Yorkers by June is in sight, the mayor said on April 5, 2021.
Photo via NYC Mayoral Photography Unit
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