According to data from the city’s website, the city of New York reported less than 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in its possession amid the severe winter weather that plagued parts of the US.
Avery Cohen, a spokesman for the mayor of New York Bill de Blasio
Bill de BlasioNYC reports less than 1000 doses of vaccination amid transmission of winter weather, NYC’s largest union endorses Maya Wiley in mayoral race The Hill’s Morning Report – Disaster Politics limps Cruz, Cuomo MORE (D), tweeted that the lack of adequate doses had brought the city’s vaccination efforts to a halt.
Delayed shipments brought our entire vaccination effort to a standstill.
This morning, New York City has less than 1,000 first doses available. pic.twitter.com/frXPryVwKS
– Avery Cohen (@CohenAvery) 20 February 2021
The New York government’s website reports that 1,471,948 vaccine doses have been administered so far, including 873,223 first doses and 453816 second doses.
The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and others experienced a winter storm and under freezing temperatures that made roads unsafe, power outages and pipes, leaving Americans with undrinkable water.
The White House said Friday it estimates the extreme weather has created a backlog of six million coronavirus doses as two major vaccines in Memphis, Tennessee and Louisville, Ky., Experienced an operational slowdown.
Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House on the coronavirus response, said the weather had caused delays affecting all 50 states at various points along the supply chain.
As of Friday, more than 2,000 vaccination sites in areas were without power and could not accept doses, reports The New York Times.
As warmer temperatures rose over the weekend in Texas and other states, The Associated Press reported that about 70 people died this week in states affected by the severe winter weather.
Many deaths were due to hypothermia due to the icy temperature, as well as other related events, including car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning and house fires.
And while millions of Texans’ forces were recovered Friday, more than 40,000 people in Texas were left without power Saturday night, according to poweroutage.us.
Government John Bel Edwards (D-La.) Announced Thursday that about 1 million people do not have access to safe drinking water, adding that several boiling advice has been released by the state.
Earlier this week, according to KOCO News, Oklahoma was also subject to deliberate power outages to save energy. As of Saturday night, it appears that the state has no interruptions, according to Poweroutage.us.
– Celine Castronuovo contributed to this report