Next To Get A COVID Vaccine? There’s No Guarantee When You’ll Get The Shot 01/22/21 AT 7:57 AM A nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Photo: AFP / SILVIO AVILA Securing an appointment to get a COVID vaccine may be harder than anticipated as the supply for the first dose of the shot is quickly dwindling. Several vaccination sites across the U.S. have reported that they have had to cancel thousands of appointments for people that were scheduled to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because they simply don’t have the drug.