Texas to receive about half a million less vaccine doses next week due to manufacturing issue © LM Otero Drivers line up to receive the first and second dose of the Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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) – Next week, Texas will receive about half a million less doses of the COVID-19 vaccine than it did this week.
The decrease is due to a manufacturing issue with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which cut the state’s shipment of that vaccine by about three-fourths of what it was last week.
Since that vaccine only requires one dose, health officials say it’s critical to reaching underserved communities.
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