By Bill Galluccio
Jan 7, 2021
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Service is advising states that they can give the COVID-19 vaccines to people who are in lower-priority groups if the doses are going unused.
Distribution of the vaccines has gone slower than anticipated, and many states have vials of the vaccine sitting unused as they work to vaccinate front-line healthcare workers and patients living in long-term care facilities first.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that more than 17 million vaccines have been sent to the states, but just 5.3 million people have been given the initial injection. Long-term care facilities have received 3.4 million doses but have only vaccinated a little over 500,000 people.
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