FEMA to open more vaccination centers in New York and Texas
FEMA will open additional vaccination centers in Texas and New York next week, part of its effort to potentially set up 100 mass vaccination sites nationwide. And if the military has to man each of these stations, it s possible that there could be 18,000 military personnel involved in putting in vaccines.
NEW YORK: Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn - will be able to vaccinate 3,000 people a day
TEXAS Houston - NRG Center will be able to vaccinate 6,000 people a day. Dallas - Fair Park Cotton Bowl Stadium will be able to vaccinate 3,000 people a day.
Thursday opening of vaccine sites delayed
Due to the COVID vaccine supply shortage and shipments delayed by storms, NYC is delaying the opening of vaccination sites at Empire Outlets on Staten Island and Martin Van Buren High School in Queens that were originally planned for Thursday. I cannot be clearer: we have the infrastructure in place to deliver half a million doses per week, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. All that s missing is the supply to get it done. We need our the pharmaceutical companies to step-up and give us the doses we need to vaccinate the people of our city. There is not a moment to waste.