Without assurances from manufacturers and federal officials that they can ramp up production and delivery soon, Gov. Larry Hogan said, rushing out the state’s supply of second doses risks upending the vaccine rollout.
Updated 2:20 p.m. ET The Trump administration is making several big changes to its COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy, officials announced Tuesday, in
Jan 12, 2021
Jill Johnson administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Sharee Livingston, an OB-GYN with UPMC Lititz. UPMC front-line workers received the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in December at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg hospital. (Dan Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots, officials said this morning.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that “the administration in the states has been too narrowly focused.”
The Trump administration is asking states to vaccinate people age 65 and over and those under 65 with underlying health conditions that put them at high .