Supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine are really tight, both locally and nationally.
People in Phase 1a and 1b of vaccinations -- which includes health care workers, teachers and first responders -- are getting the shot, but others within Phase 1 are still leery about the vaccine.
The fieldhouse at Niagara Falls High School is being used as a vaccination site. The possibility of vaccinating Phase 1 workers Wednesday would not have happened if a shipment of doses did not arrive Wednesday morning. "As of right now, we have enough to hopefully get us through Friday, and that’s only because we have collaborated with some other facilities that weren’t going through their doses as quickly, and they were able to through New York State (Department of Health) to redistribute it," said Michelle Lewis, the pharmacy director at Niagara Falls Memorial. Niagara Falls Memorial says those doses came from Roswell Park and are being put to good use here, vaccinating teachers, seniors and first responders.