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Wintry weather across America delaying much of Utah’s COVID-19 vaccine allotment Lisa Riley Roche © Laura Seitz, Deseret News Vials containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are pictured at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.
SALT LAKE CITY Much of Utah’s weekly COVID-19 vaccine allotment has been delayed by winter storms across the nation and may not make it here until next week, a Utah Department of Health official said Wednesday.
“It’s happening to every state. The weather issues are just creating problems within the supply chain and the delivery of the vaccines,” said Rich Lakin, the state health department’s immunization director. “If we don’t get any vaccine delivered this week, then we don’t have doses to give.”
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Utahns over the age of 70 are next on the list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. But where, when, and how that happens varies by health department.
Health departments were advised to make the vaccine available to people 70 and older starting Monday. Some health departments are letting seniors sign up this week but there have been some issues.
Here s what to know about signing up for a vaccine appointment, depending on where you live:
Salt Lake County
People over the age of 70 can sign up for appointments when vaccines are available, but there is no wait list. The county health department advised those interested in getting the vaccine to regularly check its website for updates.
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As seniors began to schedule their coronavirus vaccinations in a chaotic first day of registrations around the state, one pattern emerged: Demand for the vaccine is high.
Salt Lake County filled all 25,000 of its appointments within hours of opening them to residents ages 70 and up â even after technical glitches crashed both the registration website and the countyâs entire phone system on Wednesday morning.
âAnyone who was attempting to get on this morning to get one of those prized appointments â they were frustrated,â Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said in a news conference Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of people visited the countyâs vaccine registration website when it launched at 8 a.m., Wilson said, overloading the system â which already had last-minute capacity issues.
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