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Poloncarz: Every drop of vaccine we've received has gone into an arm

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz tweeted that Erie County will run out of it's vaccine allocation after Tuesday's clinics, but expects more to come soon.

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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020 file photo, Arlene Ramirez, director of patient care at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital, receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Valley Stream, N.Y. An ambitious goal of vaccinating 1 million New York City residents against COVID-19 in January was set Thursday by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who noted that meeting the target would require outside cooperation and the city dramatically increasing access. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool via AP, File)

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the state moves into its' second day of Phase 1B vaccine eligibility, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz gave an update on Twitter regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in Erie County.

According to him, "every drop" of vaccine the county has received has gone into an arm. He said that Erie County will run out of it's vaccine allocation after Tuesday's clinics.

"We are expecting more from NYS but NYS only gets 300,000 doses per week from the feds and distributes those proportionally by population," Poloncarz wrote on Twitter.

As a follow-up to the below, Erie County runs out of vaccine after today's clinics. We are expecting more from NYS but NYS only gets 300,000 doses per week from the feds and distributes those proportionally by population. Every drop of vaccine we've received has gone into an arm. https://t.co/q0oLRSxaBE
— Mark Poloncarz (@markpoloncarz) January 12, 2021

Additionally, the county executive advised in a separate tweet for individuals not to call the Erie County Health Department for vaccine appointments. They aren't taking appointments by phone.

He added that Monday alone, the Erie County DOH received 18,500 calls. On a normal day, it would receive less than 250.