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NYC Will Get Coronavirus Supply Boost Next Week, De Blasio Says
New moves by the Biden administration will bring 17,000 more doses of Moderna's vaccine to the city a week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
NEW YORK CITY — A series of moves by President Joe Biden will help bring more COVID-19 vaccine doses to the city starting next week.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday praised Biden’s recent actions and said they’ll bring 30 percent more doses of Moderna’s vaccine to the city on a weekly basis. He called it a “shot in the arm” for the slowing effort.
“I’ll be the first to say we need a lot more than that, but I’m also really happy to get those 17,000 new doses,” he said.
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Concerns over New York’s slow initial vaccine effort has been eclipsed by supply woes — simply put, there aren’t enough shots to match the massive demand and distribution sites.
De Blasio repeatedly claimed the city can perform 500,000 vaccinations a week but has been slowed by a dwindling supply. So far, he said the city has distributed 673,405 shots in total.
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“To give you some perspective, that is more people than entire city of Detroit, Michigan,” he said.
Biden said his administration was working to buy a combined 200 million doses of the two approved coronavirus vaccines by Moderna and Pfizer.
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