Idaho won't receive as many COVID-19 vaccines as expected next week; positivity rate drops
Rachel Roberts and Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman
Dec. 17—Idaho will not receive as many doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week as it originally expected, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Idaho's allotment for next week was reduced from 17,550 to 9,750 doses.
"We don't know why it was reduced. But our focus doesn't change — health care workers will continue to receive the vaccine," IDHW said in a Twitter post.
The Gem State's first shipment of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech arrived Monday, and Health and Welfare expected to receive most of the initial 13,650-dose allotment.