COVID-19 indicators stall as de Blasio admits defeat on vaccination goal
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Ari Ephraim Feldman
New York City
UPDATED 5:00 PM ET Jun. 09, 2021
PUBLISHED 4:06 PM ET Jun. 09, 2021
PUBLISHED 4:06 PM EDT Jun. 09, 2021
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Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted defeat at a news conference Wednesday on a key goal of the city’s COVID-19 recovery: He acknowledged that the city will not hit 5 million fully vaccinated people by the end of this month.
“It’s gonna be very very tough at this point to hit 5 million by the end of June,” de Blasio said, laying the blame with the federal government for briefly withdrawing use of the Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine over safety concerns.