From February 5, eligible Bronx residents could get vaccinated there, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said <!––> and Mayor Bill de Blasio <!––> With. 15,000 vaccination appointments should be available in the first week.
So far, vaccination appointments have been made mainly for people over the age of 65, including medical staff and teachers, in New York State. Around 1.5 million people in the state of around 19 million people have already received a first dose of vaccine. So far, vaccinations have been mainly used in hospitals, pharmacies, schools and some smaller centers.
The state – and above all the metropolis of the same name, New York – were the epicenter of the pandemic in the spring, but the infection rate has now calmed down somewhat. Around 1.4 million people have so far been infected with the virus, and more than 40,000 have died after being infected.
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