Yankee Stadium to become vaccination site

Yankee Stadium to become vaccination site

Dark clouds move beyond the empty stands and outfield at Yankee Stadium where a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles was postponed, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in New York. The game was rescheduled for Friday before the scheduled night game between the two teams. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo say Yankee Stadium will open as a COVID-19 vaccination site on Friday. The vaccination mega-site will be run jointly by the city and state and will serve only Bronx residents. Plans to provide COVID-19 inoculations at Yankee Stadium and also Citi Field were delayed by a lack of sufficient vaccine supply. No opening day for vaccinations at Citi Field has been announced. The mayor and governor said 15,000 people can be vaccinated during the first week the Yankee Stadium site is open.

 

Photo: Dark clouds move beyond the empty stands and outfield at Yankee Stadium where a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles was postponed, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)