Health & Fitness

Poll: 42% Of New Yorkers Hesitant To Get COVID Vaccine As Soon As It’s Available; Numbers Much Lower Among Minorities

The Bronx River Houses was the first stop for a mobile vaccination unit that hopes to reach 15,000 NYCHA seniors over the next eight weeks.

(CBS New York)

January 25 2021

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Despite dwindling city supplies, officials have launched a program to vaccinate seniors living in Bronx public housing as a new poll finds there is still substantial reluctance in minority communities that needs to be overcome.

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The Bronx River Houses was the first stop for a mobile vaccination unit that hopes to reach 15,000 NYCHA seniors over the next eight weeks, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported Monday.

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