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BRONX TIMES R 4 EPORTER, NOV. 5-11, 2021 BTR
Wakefi eld section sees
COVID-19 case increase
BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA
The Bronx inched near 200,000 COVID
19 cases entering Monday, and after
a few weeks of low transmission of
the virus in Bronx neighborhoods, the
borough’s northernmost region, the
Wakefi eld section saw a sharp rise in
cases this past week.
The Wakefi eld/Woodlawn 10470
zip code surpassed the city’s sevenday
median of 5 cases per 100,000 residents,
with 8.6 cases per 100,000, according
to NYC Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene. Sixty-seven percent
of residents in the area, however,
have received at least one dose of the
COVID-19 vaccine.
The Bronx accounts for 199,977 of
New York City’s 2.5 million COVID-19
cases, which is behind Brooklyn
and Queens for highest share of the
city’s COVID-19 cases. Brooklyn and
Queens, combined, account for more
than 600,000 cases in the city.
In some areas of the Bronx, like
City Island — which has a 75% vaccination
rate — COVID-19 cases were
nonexistent, as 10464 zip code saw zero
cases last week.
Vaccinations should expand to
NYC’s younger populations soon after
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) gave its formal approval
Friday of COVID-19 vaccines for children
ages 5-11.
While the Bronx has seen increases
in vaccination throughout the borough
— the Morris Park, Parkchester
and Riverdale sections continue to
pace the borough — a host of northern
and southern Bronx zip codes are still
well under the city’s 74% vaccination
threshold.
Monday marked a major shift in
the city’s vaccination efforts, as the
city’s vaccine mandate for its entire
municipal workforce took effect, with
more than 22,000 employees subject to
unpaid leave as offi cials hone contingency
plans for potential staff shortages.
On Friday, a crowd of 50 municipal
workers gathered outside the Bronx
A rally on Friday called for an end to the NYC
vaccine mandate, which went into effect
Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. The mandate requires
city personnel such as police and fi re to be
vaccinated or risk be terminated from their
jobs. Photo Adrian Childress
Borough Courthouse in the Melrose
section decrying the mandate. As
American and Gadsden fl ags waved
among chants of “No vaccine mandate”
and “our bodies our choice,” protestors
argued that the vaccine limits
their personal, medical and religious
freedoms as reasoning for not getting
the shot.
However, the looming mandate
did lead to increased vaccinations
among municipal workers, with nine
in 10 New York City municipal workers
have receiving COVID-19 vaccinations,
according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
As of Monday, 91% of the city’s
300,000 employees were in compliance
with the mandate. The NYPD, which
employs about 36,000 offi cers and
19,000 civilian employees, reported an
84% vaccination rate, up from 70% on
Oct. 20, the day de Blasio expanded the
mandate.
The coronavirus is responsible
for more than fi ve million confi rmed
deaths around the world as of Monday,
according to data from the Center for
Systems Science and Engineering at
Johns Hopkins University.
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