This week, the mayor pleaded for Mr. Cuomo to expand the eligibility groups, saying that the narrow eligibility requirements were making it difficult to administer doses on the scale that was needed. As of early Friday, only 167,949 of 489,325 doses had been administered in New York City — about 34 percent, which was lower than the rate across New York State, which was about 50 percent. “New York City has heard enough,” the mayor said on Twitter after Mr. Cuomo announced the expansion. At another clinic in the city, small numbers of unused doses were even thrown out. Dr. Meacher said that he would like to give the extra vaccine to high-risk patients, but that he had not for fear of violating the state rules about who could receive it.

Source: New York Times January 08, 2021 16:39 UTC