The American Museum of Natural History Covid-19 vaccination site in New York, which is looking at offering Covid-19 vaccine to visitors to stimulate its tourism industry. — Bloomberg
VACCINE tourism started cropping up in the US at the beginning of the year, but only unofficially; state governments didn’t endorse it, and foreigners preferred not to discuss it out loud. Now that millions of Americans have gotten their shots, though, the situation has changed.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced his plans to offer shots to tourists. Once approved, mobile vans with Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be placed at famous sights: the Empire State Building, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the High Line and Central Park.
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