COVID NY Update: Two new COVID vaccine megasites targeting low-income New York City neighborhoods

New York (WABC)-In most cases, vaccine distribution is left to each state. In New York, attention is focused on low-income areas with high COVID rates.

That’s why Governor Andrew Cuomo visited a new mass vaccination site at Medger Evers University in Crown Heights, which opens on Wednesday.

Across the country and in New York, African Americans are vaccinated at a lower rate than whites.

The state will also open a vaccine center at the University of York, Jamaica on Wednesday. Both new sites, which will open on Wednesday, are reserved only for people living in their neighborhood.

They aim to vaccinate up to 3,000 people daily at each location.

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The state has also partnered with Brooklyn and Queens religious leaders to encourage more members of the leaders’ community to sign up for vaccination appointments at these sites using telephone banking. Start the intended vaccination drive.

Eligible New Yorkers can now use the New York Am I Eligible website or call the state COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-). Allows you to schedule reservations for Brooklyn and Queens sites. 4829).

You can also visit the site and make a reservation from the opening on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo says it’s time to look at the number of vaccinated teachers, increase school reopening and allow more children to return to class.

Mayor Bill de Blasio also participates in it.

“There was a lot of work to be done to make this year’s school year as fulfilling as possible, and an approach I would like you to take an active part in New York is that all children are ready to return directly in September. I want it. City. “

Connecticut continues its age-based approach to vaccination and will be open to anyone over the age of 55 next week.

By May 3, Connecticut residents over the age of 16 are eligible for vaccination.

In March, school staff and childcare workers are targeted, many of whom are of color. This is one way Connecticut is trying to bridge the racial gap.

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