NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced that the mobile vaccine buses will launch across the city in an effort to continue to get more residents vaccinated.
According to the mayor, the mobile buses can administer between 150 to 200 doses a day and will focus on vaccinating the city’s most vulnerable residents.
“It’s going to be a gamechanger,” de Blasio said, highlighting the heroism of restaurant and delivery workers, noting that a number of them are undocumented, making it important to be able to reach them.
A bus will begin its work in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Wednesday and during its first week, will focus on vaccinating restaurant and delivery workers.
The city’s mobile vaccine fleet currently includes 20 vans with six exam rooms within the bus, as well as a registration area and a refrigerator to store the doses.
The bus will have in-person staff who speak English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese available and also includes an ADA lift, which allows it to give the vaccine to any New Yorker according to the head of the Test and Trace Corps, Dr. Ted Long.
“New York City’s vaccine effort is truly on the move,” Long said.
As of Tuesday morning, the city has administered a total of 4,601,756 doses .