Some Coronavirus Vaccinations Halt As NYC's Supply Dries Up

NEW YORK CITY — Some coronavirus vaccination sites have temporarily stopped taking appointments for shots as New York City's vaccine supply runs low, officials said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday again warned the city's supply of COVID-19 vaccine will run out next week without a major resupply from the federal government.

The city only has 186,000 doses left, officials said.

"We have a fundamental problem here, and so many people need it, and so many people want it, and we're speeding up the process of getting people to vaccine, but we are not going to have enough vaccine by the end of next week, and we need maximum pressure on Washington and Albany, and on the manufacturers to deliver us hundreds of thousands of more doses, immediately," de Blasio said on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show.

De Blasio referenced reports that Mount Sinai and NYC hospital systems stopped booking appointments for the time being. He said all health systems across the city will run out by the end of next week.

Appointments for eligible New Yorkers remain the only way to get COVID-19 doses.

That didn't prevent some New Yorkers from falling for a fake social media post that hundreds of coronavirus vaccine doses were available for walk-ins at Brooklyn Army Terminal, which recently opened as a distribution hub.

Hundreds of people showed up at the site only to find they couldn't get doses.

But others who had made appointments later had them rescheduled as supply ran out.

Avery Cohen, a mayor's office spokesperson, reiterated a federal resupply is needed.

“We are facing a dire shortage of vaccine," Cohen said in a statement. "Health systems like Mount Sinai and NYU have stopped scheduling appointments, and similarly, BAT has temporarily run out of doses."

De Blasio said the city so far this week distributed 125,000 vaccine doses and will exceed its goal of 175,000.