NEW YORK (AP) — New York City hopes to begin offering coronavirus inoculations to tourists by stationing vaccination vans in Times Square and other attractions. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the plan Thursday. The city needs state approval to vaccinate visitors and hopes to get an OK as soon as this weekend. The state Health Department says it hasn’t yet received a formal plan to review and is focusing on ensuring vaccine access for vulnerable New Yorkers. De Blasio says the city’s idea is a show of goodwill and a welcome to visitors. He says the city has no plans to track tourists’ vaccination status.
Photo: FILE — In this March 29, 2021, file photo, a health care worker steps out of a mobile vaccination van parked on a street corner in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York. New York City hopes to begin offering coronavirus inoculations to tourists by stationing vaccination vans in Times Square and other visitor-heavy spots, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
