NEW YORK – Mount Sinai says it is canceling vaccination appointments for COVID-19 by mid-next week due to a lack of vaccines.
In a statement, the hospital said that consultations from Friday, January 15, until Tuesday, January 19 would not take place.
“We will inform our patients when more vaccine supplies are available and reopen vaccination appointments for eligible patients,” said spokeswoman Lucia Lee in a statement. “For anyone with an appointment after Tuesday, we will provide updates as soon as we know more.”
The scarcity occurs at a time when the state increases the number of people who can receive the injection. Both Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have warned that the current offer cannot meet demand.
“At the rate we are going, we will be leaving in two weeks or more,” de Blasio said in his weekly interview “Mondays with the mayor” with Inside the City Hall anchor Errol Louis earlier this week.
We contacted other hospital systems, including Health + Hospitals in the city, to find out the status of consultations.
Montefiore says he hasn’t canceled any vaccine appointments at his Bronx hospitals.
NYU Langone tells NY1 that while he is not canceling appointments, he is not scheduling new ones.
“We will not schedule a vaccination appointment unless we have a confirmed dose in hand or know that it will be sent,” said the hospital.
The vaccine launch was marked by confusion over eligibility and the application process.