Oyogist has learned that the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio has announced that children between age 5 and 11 would get 100 USD (Approx.N45,000) each once they get vaccinated.
The mayor had initially announced that every public school with ages 5-11 years old will have a day for vaccination starting from Monday.
A total of 1,070 school vaccination sites would be available over the course of the week as 200 schools would provide vaccinations daily.
NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi stated that 38,000 Covid cases could be prevented if every New Yorker between the ages of 5 and 11 got the shot.
