Health leaders get creative to get people vaccinated
Erie County will host five more Shot and Chaser events and launched Vax Visit. Niagara County will move away from mass vaccination sites to small clinics. Author: Leanne Stuck Updated: 11:09 PM EDT May 11, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. According to New York State Health Department data, nearly 50% of all New Yorkers have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and local health departments have been shifting efforts as they try to get as many people as they can vaccinated.
Just a month ago, the Transit Drive-In, a Niagara County mass vaccination clinic, was vaccinating 3,000 to 4,000 people within a two day span but Public Health Director Dan Stapleton said those numbers have been dropping.