KINGSTON – Health care providers, local leaders and pharmacists are scrambling to acquire scarce coronavirus vaccines, as the public bombards them with requests and state leaders keep expanding eligibility.
Some local governments across New York, particularly counties, have set up local vaccination sites for the general public, and vaccines are trickling into a handful of local providers such as hospitals.
But as of Wednesday, Orange County’s government had just 200 doses and Sullivan County’s government had none, while Ulster County officials said they were on pace to expend their 1,200 doses some time on Friday. And they did not know when they might receive a new shipment of vaccines.