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If you are among the 300,000 people who are signed up and waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine from Harris County, your chances of getting a shot have greatly impr
HOUSTON (AP) A giant vaccination center is opening in Houston to administer 126,000 coronavirus doses in the next three weeks. Nevada health officials are working overtime to distribute delayed shots. And Rhode Island is rescheduling appointments after a vaccine shipment failed to arrive as scheduled earlier in the week.
From coast to coast, states were scrambling Tuesday to catch up on vaccinations a week after winter storms battered a large swath of the U.S. and led to clinic closures, canceled appointments and shipment backlogs nationwide.
But limited supply of the two approved COVID-19 vaccines hampered the pace of vaccinations even before extreme weather delayed the delivery of about 6 million doses.
States rush to catch up on delayed COVID-19 vaccines, expand access Share Updated: 10:01 PM EST Feb 23, 2021 By NOMAAN MERCHANT and TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press
States rush to catch up on delayed COVID-19 vaccines, expand access Share Updated: 10:01 PM EST Feb 23, 2021
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Show Transcript COMMUNITY HELPING COMMUNITY. FOR ELLIOTT, COCREATOR OF THE MARYLAND VACCINE HUNTERS FACEBOOK PAGE, A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO HELPING PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE VACCINE PROCESS, IT SURPASSED HIS WILDEST DREAMS. I EXPECTED THE SITE TO BE POPULAR, BUT I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO EXPLODE THIS MUCH. HE GOT THE IDEA AFTER SEEING A SIMILAR SITE IN NEW ORLEANS. I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD IT, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, SUGGESTIONS. LOWELL: SOME SUCCESS STORIES INCLUDED CHARLENE MOWERY WHO WAS ABLE TO BOOK APPOINTMENTS FOR HERSELF AND HER HUSBAND. SOMEONE SAID, GIVE ME YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND INFORMATION, AND I WILL SEE IF I CA
If you are among those who are waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine from Harris County, your chances of getting a shot greatly improved. Local officials unveiled the details of the federally-supported, state-managed COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic.