To encourage young people to get COVID vaccines before the first day of school on Sept. 13, the city is opening 25 pop-up vaccination sites at Summer Rising programs starting Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
All minors will need verbal consent from a parent at the time of the shot, either in-person or over the phone, and students 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult in order to receive the shot.
But time is running out. The new school year is about seven weeks away, and the current two-dose vaccine takes about five weeks to take full effect after the first shot.
For the week of July 26, here are the school-based pop-up sites and days:
Brooklyn: Fort Hamilton High School (Monday, Tuesday)
Bronx: Herbert H. Lehman High School (Tuesday, Wednesday)
Manhattan: Health Professions High School (Thursday, Friday)
Queens: Long Island City High School (Thursday, Friday)
Staten Island: Susan E. Wagner High School (Wednesday, Thursday)
The full schedule of vaccination sites is available on the education department website.
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