NYC opens up COVID vaccine program to all homebound residents

All homebound New Yorkers across the five boroughs can now sign up to have the COVID-19 vaccine come to them, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday.

“Those New Yorkers who cannot leave their home and need the vaccine — whether they are senior citizens, or they are disabled, whatever the reason — we will reach them,” de Blasio said during a City Hall press briefing.

“Our goal is to reach everyone homebound wants to be vaccinated by the end of April.”

The door-to-door effort has been using the newly approved single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The city launched the initiative earlier this month with homebound seniors in the Bronx’s Co-Op City, then expanded to Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach and Far Rockaway in Queens.

Those who are homebound can sign up for a visit by calling 877-VAX-4-NYC or on vax4nyc.nyc.gov.

“Anyone who needs it, we want to be there for,” de Blasio said.

Hizzoner’s announcement comes as the Big Apple has already administered more than 2.8 million vaccine doses as of Monday.

“That is more than the total population of Chicago — an extraordinary effort,” de Blasio said.

Meanwhile, state officials said Monday that they have for now ceased overnight appointments giving out Johnson & Johnson shots at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and the Javitz Center in Manhattan.

“The 24/7 pilot program at Javits, along with Yankee Stadium and the State Fair site in Syracuse, ended last week as planned, and we continue to expand capacity at the site to prepare for the expected increase in doses,” Jill Montag, a state health department spokeswoman, said in a statement.

 “More than 180,000 shots have been administered at Javits, and we will continue to expand operations as vaccine supply allows.”