The need for these shots is growing day by day as New York reports a total of 32,725 deaths from coronavirus since the pandemic began, 1.2 million people have tested positive, and the current positivity rate is well above 5%.
On Saturday, 500 seniors were vaccinated on NYCHA complexes.
And yet another vaccination site will open on Sunday at noon in the Abyssinian Church in Harlem.
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Doses should also be available at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, one of five 24-hour mega sites opened across the city last week, but the site was closed and the gates were locked on Friday.
People with appointments were turned down, while other appointments were canceled because there was not enough vaccine. The city says it is asking the state and federal authorities to get more as soon as possible.
The state is only getting a few hundred thousand doses as millions are now eligible.
Governor Andrew Cuomo estimates it could take until April for the vaccine to reach critical mass.
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