Vermont isn't getting enough dose of the new COVID vaccine to meet demand
Vermont Public
Every two weeks since mid-September, the Centers for Disease Control has told the Vermont Department of Health how many of the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines they can send to the state. Then, the department distributes the shots to doctor’s offices across Vermont.
Since the process started, there haven’t been enough updated COVID-19 vaccines to go around.
“We're not able to meet all of the requests from provider practices,” said state epidemiologist Patsy Kelso. “We will over time, but we just don't have access to enough vaccine right now.”
So far, Vermont has received about 14,000 doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 12, and just over 13,000 doses for adults.
This is a new system of distributing COVID-19 vaccines since the federal government is no longer picking up the bill, where the state is working with insurance companies to supply vaccines to doctor’s offices at no cost to people under 65.