By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
PHOENIX -- Arizona is getting only about a third of the doses of COVID-19 needed to keep pace with demand, the state's top health official said Friday.
Dr. Cara Christ said the state is in line to get another approximately 169,000 doses this coming week, about half in the Pfizer vaccine and half the Moderna formula. But what's really needed -- and what Christ said she has asked for from federal officials -- is another 300,000 on top of that, not just for next week but for weeks and weeks beyond that.
And it is that issue of supply that is resulting in many people having trouble getting an appointment.