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Updated February 6, 2021
In the Yankees stadium, residents of the Bronx are supposed to have an appointment to get the Covid-19 vaccine, but many say the process is too complicated and wait for hours for the shot.
(TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)
Defying the cold and rain, hundreds of people bundled up in thick coats came to get vaccinated Friday in the famous Yankees baseball stadium in the Bronx, a New York borough that has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s like a choice between life and death,” said Ines Figueroa, 64, a Puerto Rican resident of the Bronx, after receiving the shot. Her husband died in January of complications linked to the virus which she too contracted, although without developing any symptoms.
[PHOTOS] La vaccination des New-Yorkais défavorisés commence au Yankee Stadium
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