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