Plans to turn Yankee Stadium and Citi Field into large-scale coronavirus vaccination sites have been officially postponed indefinitely – while 15 existing inoculation centers in the city will remain closed as New York continues to struggle with a shortage of supplies. , officials said Monday.
The setbacks are the latest blow to the launch of the New York-affected vaccine, most recently hampered by a stockpile of photos from the federal government and manufacturer Moderna – forcing the city to reschedule tens of thousands of meetings when it became clear they didn’t exist. enough shots at hand.
“We want to make these operations complete, 24 hours a day, but we don’t have the vaccine,” Yankee Stadium and Citi Field Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news briefing Monday.
Hizzoner has not set a new opening date, saying it is linked to when the city receives enough vaccine supplies to support operations.
Meanwhile, 15 vaccination centers covering all five neighborhoods that were closed due to a shortage of supplies last week will remain closed until Thursday, City Councilor Mark Levine, head of the Council’s Health Committee, revealed in a tweet.
These sites were previously closed last Thursday – tentatively until January 24 – when the weekly delivery of the Modern did not arrive on time. Appointments that have been canceled at the sites should continue this week, starting Thursday.
The lack of a sufficient number of federal shots follows previous state and city issues, including onerous restrictions in Albany on who could receive the vaccine and a complicated online registration process that confuses many seniors.