Pfizer vaccine shipments to Florida delayed over production issues
Still, Gov. DeSantis said, the first batch of the Moderna vaccine â 370,000 doses â could begin heading to the state as soon as this weekend.
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UC Davis Medical Center nurse Heather Donaldson prepares to inoculate a staff member with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Sacramento, Calif. [ HECTOR AMEZCUA | AP ]
Updated Dec. 16, 2020
TALLAHASSEE â Floridaâs largest hospital system said it was on track to immunize nearly 20,000 health care workers against COVID-19 as Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a delay in hundreds of thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Florida began receiving its share of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, and the state was expected to get about 450,000 doses produced by Pfizer over the next two weeks. But production issues could prevent them from being delivered.
Florida announces delay in delivery of Pfizer vaccine
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONDecember 15, 2020 GMT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida’s largest hospital system said it was on track to immunize nearly 20,000 health care workers against COVID-19 as Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced a delay in hundreds of thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
But DeSantis said the first batch of the Moderna vaccine 370,000 doses could begin heading to his state as soon as this weekend and would allow wider distribution of the medicine to hospitals across the state, pending federal authorization.
Florida began receiving its share of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, and the state was expected to get about 450,000 doses produced by Pfizer over the next two weeks. But production issues could prevent them from being delivered.