New Yorkers will receive free home delivery of COVID-19 medicines

New York to offer free home delivery antiviral drugs COVID-19 on the day of the application, Mayor Eric Adams said Jan. 30. He, however, dodged the question of when he might lift the various Big Apple bans on vaccinations, reports New York Post.

Adams believes that people do not go to the hospital if they are taking oral antiviral drugs.

“We're going to do it with the magic New York word. We're going to do it "for free," Adams said of the giveaway program during a COVID briefing at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx.

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New York will also provide monoclonal antibody injections to "patients with mild to moderate symptoms for 10 days or less but at high risk of severe illness," the city's office said in a statement.

The mayor was asked at what point he might consider lifting the city's various vaccination requirements. He only said that he would give in to local health officials and that any changes would take into account the economic needs of the city.

“I have stated this from the very beginning: I am going to take action based on the advice of my medical experts,” he said. He added that the city's economy "in many ways" would influence the decision.

“We have to have the right balance. It can't be one way or another," the mayor added.

The number of reported cases of COVID-19 in the city has dropped by 80 percent since early January, according to health officials.

Seventy-five percent of New Yorkers have now "received full vaccines." They received either two doses of vaccines Pfizer or Moderna, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Adams praised his predecessor Bill de Blasio for introducing mandatory vaccines for city employees, businesses and indoor spaces like restaurants and concert halls, and added that he planned to call the former mayor himself later Sunday to thank him.