(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) New York State has been vaccinated with a new crown vaccine over one million is seeking to purchase vaccines directly from Pfizer
China News Agency, New York, January 18th. Yoo State Governor Andrew Cuomo said on the 18th that the total number of new crown vaccines in New York State has exceeded one million doses; due to the decline in the federal vaccine supply, he has written to Pfizer, Seek to purchase vaccines directly from the company.
On January 13, local time, residents registered at the Javits New Crown Vaccination Center in New York to wait for the vaccine.
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Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany that day that as of the 17th, New York State had vaccinated nearly 1.007 million doses, of which about 903,000 doses were the first dose and nearly 104,000 doses were the second dose.
He said that the number of vaccines allocated by the federal government to New York State is difficult to meet the needs, and the supply is still declining.
According to New York State statistics, in the first three weeks of vaccination, the federal government provided an average of about 303,100 doses of vaccine per week; in the fourth and fifth weeks, it provided an average of 239,000 doses per week; in the sixth week, it provided about 250,000 doses.
Cuomo has written to Pfizer to inquire about the possibility of purchasing the vaccine directly.
He said that because Pfizer's vaccine was not included in the federal government's Operation Warp Speed program when it was developed, it does not have to be allocated by the federal government under the plan.
Currently, approximately 7.1 million people in New York State are eligible for vaccination.
New York Mayor De Blasio previously stated that at the current rate of vaccination, the stock of vaccines in New York City may be exhausted around the 23rd of this month; New York City Mount Sinai Hospital, New York University Langone Medical Center and other institutions have also cancelled vaccination. The situation of an appointment or suspension of a new appointment.
Compared with last week, the vaccination rate of medical staff in New York State has not increased significantly, and is still around 60%.
Cuomo said this is a potential risk. As the more contagious mutant new coronavirus spreads, once unvaccinated medical staff become infected, it will put heavy pressure on the medical system.
If the mutated new coronavirus causes a new peak of infection, hospitals with low medical staff vaccination rates will bear the brunt of a medical capacity crisis.
The good news is that the rate of positive virus testing and the growth rate of hospitalizations in New York State has recently fallen. On January 17, New York State completed a total of 186,200 new coronavirus tests, with a positive rate of 6.54%; 8868 patients with new coronary pneumonia were hospitalized; 1523 people were in intensive care; 153 people died. Previously, due to the peak of infection caused by Thanksgiving, Christmas-New Year and other holidays, the single-day virus test positive rate in New York State had exceeded 8% several times. (Finish)