No appointment needed for people age 50 and older for COVID-19 vaccine at city sites
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New Yorkers who are 50 and older are now able to walk into city-run vaccine sites and get the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine without an appointment, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
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Previously, walk-in appointments were exclusively for New Yorkers age 75 and older.
“Our priority for the next few months is clear: we need to vaccinate as many New Yorkers as possible,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “By making it easier for New Yorkers 50 and older to get vaccinated, we are on our way to fully vaccinating five million New Yorkers by June.”
COVID Vaccine In New York: Walk-In Appointments Offered To All New Yorkers Over 50 At City-Run Sites
CBS New York 1 hr ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Starting Saturday, all New Yorkers over age 50 are allowed to go to any city-run COVID vaccination site for a walk-in appointment.
Walk-in appointments were previously only available for New Yorkers over age 75.
The mayor’s office says this policy also applies to city-run pop-up sites.
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“Our priority for the next few months is clear: we need to vaccinate as many New Yorkers as possible,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a release. “By making it easier for New Yorkers 50 and older to get vaccinated, we are on our way to fully vaccinating 5 million New Yorkers by June.”
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New Yorkers 50+ can now get vaccinated without an appointment
By FOX 5 NY Staff
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People are checked in at the Northwell Health pop-up coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in Staten Island. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday that city-run vaccination sites will now offer vaccines to anyone over the age of 50 without an appointment.
Previously, the city had only been offering vaccinations without an appointment to residents who were 75 and older. Our priority for the next few months is clear: we need to vaccinate as many New Yorkers as possible, said de Blasio. By making it easier for New Yorkers 50 and older to get vaccinated, we are on our way to fully vaccinating five million New Yorkers by June.