1 million Covid vaccines sit in freezers as Washingtonians hunt for doses
State health officials say the major sticking point in the vaccine rollout is supply: How many doses the federal government has sent to Washington.
âThe biggest challenge that we have is vaccine supply,â Dr. Umair Shah, state health secretary, said last Wednesday. âWe canât do much about that.â
But what about the doses here already â that havenât been given to the millions of Washington state residents yet to get a single shot? At least 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been delivered to providers in Washington state but never reported as having been given to a patient.