NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- The demand for kids getting their COVID-19 vaccine has been high, so Mayor Bill de Blasio is continuing the city’s efforts to have doses available right within school halls.
Mobile vaccination units will be returning to city schools Wednesday, Thursday and beyond to serve the most "high-demand" schools.
"This is the only city in the country offering in-school vaccination on a totally comprehensive scale," said de Blasio. "Because we go to where the people are. We go to where the children are."
De Blasio said 72,000 kids in the city ages 5-11 have gotten vaccinated so far, with about 26,000 coming at the in-school sites, which visited every school with students ages 5-11.
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Beginning on Nov. 29, the vaccination efforts will return to all schools in order to get kids their second shot — bit those still yet to get their first will also be able to get vaccinated.
De Blasio also announced a "charter blitz," beginning Friday and going into next week, with vaccination sites at charter schools citywide.
While numbers being high in the initial days of the vaccination effort for those ages 5-11 is certainly a positive for the de Blasio administration, some sites had issues along the way. That included running out of doses or not having enough people on hand to administer the doses.
The push for the youngest group of those eligible to get inoculated has been from all sides, with the city offering $100 for those who get the Pfizer shot at a city-run site.
New York City also expanded paid sick leave to municipal workers and contractors this week so they could get their children vaccinated. The mayor said workers can get up to four extra hours per child for each shot their children would need in order to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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