Supply shortages slow Rhode Island’s vaccine delivery Published Tue Jan 05 2021 22:09:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Sofia Rudin
Rhode Island health officials said Tuesday that the limited supply of coronavirus vaccine is the biggest challenge in the state’s vaccination effort.
“One of the biggest obstacles we’re facing right now is that we’re just not getting a lot of vaccine,” commented Dr. Philip A. Chan, a consultant medical director for the state health department.
“We’re receiving roughly 14,000 doses a week of vaccines in Rhode Island. And to put that in context, that’s enough to vaccinate roughly 1.5% of the population,” he said. “So definitely it’s going to take a while to reach the whole state.”