The 8,987,322 people who have been jabbed with the first of two shots, according to the CDC, represent less than one-third of the 25 million total doses distributed to states by the US government. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that the city could run out of vaccine doses if the federal government does not send more. US President-elect Joe Biden is considering releasing to states more vaccine doses that the federal government had stockpiled in an effort to ensure enough supply for a required second dose. There are now over 4 million people in New York state eligible to receive the vaccine out of a population of about 19 million, Cuomo said on Monday at his annual State of the State Address, but only about 1 million doses on hand. "We only receive 300,000 doses per week from the federal government," he said.

Source: bd News24 January 12, 2021 01:41 UTC