Missouri is getting fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week than expected

(Jefferson City)–Missouri is getting fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week than expected. The second shipment was supposed to include enough doses to vaccinate about 64,000 health care workers. During a Capitol briefing, state Health Department Director Randall Williams says the federal government is giving Missouri about 25 to 30 percent fewer doses in its next shipment.

Last week, the New York Times reported Pfizer could not promise to get the U.S. more than the initial doses agreed to after the Trump administration failed to reach a deal offered by the drugmaker over the summer for extra doses. The Washington Post reports Pfizer and the Trump administration are working a deal to help make millions of doses for the country next year.