Nevada's second shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to be much smaller than expected, state says
Reno-Gazette-Journal
12/18/2020
Chelcey Adami, Reno Gazette Journal
Nevada will receive 42 percent less than expected in its second allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine, state officials announced late Thursday.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak called the move "disruptive and baffling."
Earlier this week, Nevada received 25,350 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as part of its first shipment.
Of those, 17,550 doses were available for the state to distribute to counties for acute care hospitals, and 7,800 were set aside for staff and residents of long-term care facilities, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.