Coronavirus Updates: City To Begin Offering Free Transportation To Vaccine Sites For Seniors - Gothamist

Anthony Fauci, said on Sunday another vaccine could be weeks away from being ready for review by the FDA.

When asked on NBC's Meet the Press about when vaccines from Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca could be ready for authorization to add to the roster of doses being administered across the country, Fauci said: "Soon.".

Any movement on other vaccine authorizations wouldn't be until February, if at all, he said.

2:34 p.m.: Nearly a week into the vaccination rollout for older New Yorkers, the city will launch a free transportation program for seniors ages 65 and up this week, the mayor's office announced Sunday.

Starting this week, the city will ask New Yorkers at least 65 years old who make appointments at city-operated sites if they have a way to get there.

The city said transportation through senior center programs will be offered "in a few weeks." The mayor's office says the city will offer 10,000 rides a week.

Meanwhile, the city is facing inconsistent and low supplies of the vaccine, hampering its ability to administer doses just as the city has increased its capacity to vaccinate more New Yorkers in recent weeks.

Supply issues are adding a layer of difficulty to the city's goals to equitably distribute the vaccine and administer the doses en masse.

Dave Chokshi said the difficulties storing and transporting doses make door-to-door vaccinations unworkable currently, but the city is still working out how to help homebound New Yorkers access the vaccine.

10:13 a.m.: The 24/7 vaccination site at the Brooklyn Army Terminal has closed after running out of doses, a City Hall spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.

The lack of doses has impacted some hospitals across the city as supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine run low.

NYU Langone was also running low on doses, with 1,000 doses for second shot appointments leftover for Monday, Bloomberg reported late last week.

Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Friday that the city was poised to run out of doses by the end of next week and the city on Friday had just 186,000 doses for New Yorkers' first shot left over.

City data as of Sunday showed 404,654 doses have been administered and 395,846 doses on hand.

Of the 395,846 doses, Councilmember Mark Levine said about 200,000 doses were for second shot appointments and 100,000 doses were for nursing homes.

On Thursday night, a viral message on social media attracted a swarm of New Yorkers to the site after word spread that the Brooklyn Army Terminal would administer extra doses that were set to expire on a first-come, first-served basis