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The University of Arizona vaccine point of distribution is opening appointments daily, based on cancellations and capacity, university officials announced Tuesday morning. “The real limitation was we couldn't get enough vaccines. So we didn't want to have a lot of people standing around, so we only increased our volunteers and our staffing commensurate with the amount of vaccines we could get,” said UA Task Force Director Dr. Richard Carmona. “If we can get more vaccines we can still search even more, hence the 1,000 or so appointments that are out there that are not filled.â�...

Advertisement: The state vaccination PODs, including the UA POD, expanded eligibility to anyone 16 and older two weeks ago, as they were seeing hundreds of appointments go unfilled. As they release appointments daily, the hope is that no appointments go unfilled, said Carmona. “We're doing everything we can to use every single one of those vaccinations,” said Carmona. “We don't want to end the day with any vaccinations still in the freezer and not being used.” The site is averaging about 400 to 500 appointments per day, but Friday afternoon opened 1,500 appoi...

Gianforte applauds progress on COVID in Montana Quinn defends previous actions to slow spread of the disease   Last updated 3/15/2021 at 12:55pm Gov. Greg Gianforte said the state continues to make progress vaccinating residents against COVID-19, and will continue to quicken the pace as more and more vaccine is allocated to the state after a year of hardship for Montana. Gianforte said, while the situation in Montana is getting better and better the more people get vaccinated, the state has seen some bad times in the last year. “This crisis has brought real serious challenges and many ...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced that Phase 1B of the state's COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan will be expanded effective Monday to include

Gianforte: Montana is a national leader in vaccine distribution   Greg Gianforte Gov. Greg Gianforte held a press conference Thursday to provide an update on the state's vaccine roll-out and announce that Montana has become a national leader in distribution efficiency. Based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gianforte said, 93 percent of vaccine doses sent to Montana have found their way into the arms of state residents, the best rate in the U.S. He thanked the state's health care workers for their efforts and called them heroes. He said the state is making prog...