BRONX TIMES REPORTER, O 4 CT. 29-NOV. 4, 2021 BTR
Bronx surpasses 60%
vaccination threshold
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
The Bronx reached a milestone in its
boroughwide vaccination rates entering
Wednesday, reaching the 60% threshold
of residents who have received at least
one dose of the vaccine, according to the
latest health data released by the city.
While the northernmost borough’s
vaccination totals are still below the
city’s 73% vaccination rate, the Bronx’s
fully vaccinated population is at 69%,
with 60% of residents having received at
least one dose.
Morris Park’s 10461 zip code continues
to pace the Bronx’s vaccination
rate with 78.9% of its resident receiving
at least one dose of the vaccine.
Three other Bronx zip codes — Riverdale’s
10471 (76.8%), Parkchester’s 10462
(76.7%) and City Island’s 10464 (76.3%) —
continue to outpace the rest of the borough’s
vaccination rates as well as the
overall citywide rate.
The increase in vaccinations over
the past few weeks is an encouraging
sign for the Bronx’s continued progress
against COVID-19, with the borough
averaging 110 new confi rmed cases
per day, as of Oct. 24. There have been
199,452 confi rmed COVID-19 cases in the
Bronx.
For the second straight week, Bronx
area codes continue to perform well
when it comes it cases per 100,000 residents
data.
Despite having one of the Bronx’s
highest vaccination rates, Riverdale’s
10471 zip code is averaging 7.4 cases of
COVID-19 per 100,000, entering Wednesday,
the highest case rate in the borough.
The Belmont/Claremont 10457 zip
code is also averaging 7.4 cases.
On Oct. 25, the Bronx reported 61
new case totals, one of its lowest singleday
case totals since the Delta variant
began spreading throughout the city in
mid-summer, according to data from the
state Department of Health.
On the national front, an independent
panel of vaccine experts said on
Oct. 25 that the Food and Drug Administration
should grant emergency authorization
to administer the Pfi zer-BioNTech
Morris Park’s 10461 zip code continues to
pace the Bronxs vaccination rate with 78.9%
of its resident receiving at least one dose of
the vaccine. Photo Jason Cohen
coronavirus vaccine to children
5-11 years old.
According to the Biden administration,
nationwide efforts are underway
to make vaccines available to roughly
28 million eligible children by the fi rst
week of November. White House offi -
cials said they have already acquired
enough doses to vaccinate every child in
that 5-11 age group.
Additionally, Moderna said this
week, that a low dose of its vaccine is
safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-yearolds,
as the manufacturer moves toward
expanding shots to children.
However, legal battles and NYC protests
have fueled opposition in the wake
of city Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new COVID
vaccine mandate for all municipal
workers, including police offi cers and
fi refi ghters.
Under the outgoing mayor’s new
requirement, all city workers need to
get their fi rst shot by Nov. 1. The city’s
previous vaccine requirement only applied
to Department of Education staff
and health care workers at the public
NYC Health + Hospitals.
Between Oct. 20 and Oct. 29, city employees
will receive an extra $500 in
their paycheck for receiving their fi rst
shot at city-run vaccine sites, the mayor
said.
Unvaccinated employees will be
placed on unpaid leave until they show
proof of vaccination to their supervisor.
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