'We're going to run out': New York urges U.S. to increase vaccine supply

People speak to a healthcare worker while in line to receive a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a 24 hour vaccination center at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials said on Monday that they feared efforts to accelerate the vaccination of people against the novel coronavirus will be hampered by an insufficient supply of doses from the U.S. government.

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he wants to vaccinate 1 million residents, about an eighth of the population, by the end of January.