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By DAVID PITTFebruary 14, 2021 GMT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa’s lagging ability to broadly deliver coronavirus vaccines to people is due to inadequate preparation, confusing communication and a lack of staff and resources at local agencies, according to public health managers and experts.
For weeks, Iowa has ranked near the bottom of states in vaccinating its citizens, and on Saturday it had the 15th-worst rate, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The state had delivered an initial shot to 10,074 per 100,000 people, ranking it ahead of other states including Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas.
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About 72% of the nearly 596,000 doses delivered had been administered as of Saturday, according to CDC data. That means Iowa hasn’t been able to administer about one- fourth of the vaccine it has received.
Miller-Meeks says local public health agencies need federal help
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican Congresswoman-elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks says a pandemic relief package should have passed congress in October, but if one comes up for a vote in January, she’ll push to extend more federal assistance to small businesses.
“They’re worried that their doors are closing,” Miller-Meeks says. “They cannot continue to hang on in this environment.”
Miller-Meeks says congress also should provide more federal assistance to local public health agencies.
“The best way to do that is through grants that are called Local Public Health grants,” Miller-Meeks says. “Our local public health, just like our hospitals, are just working tremendously long hours. It’s very stressful.”