MISSOURI - The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet Wednesday to advise the CDC director on recommending use of the Pfizer vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 15.Â
Some mid-Missouri health departments and centers are preparing clinics to serve this new eligible community, but other said they don t and won t have the supplies to distribute the Pfizer vaccine to this age group.Â
KOMU 8 News reached out to eight mid-Missouri county health departments to see if the vaccine will be available to this age group. Hospitals and independent vaccine distribution clinics are not included in this county analysis. Below are the health department and centers responses:Â
Health officials ask for leftover doses of coronavirus vaccine to go to eligible Missourians
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As mass vaccination clinics continue throughout Missouri, thousands of eligible people are still waiting to receive the vaccine. However, reports have surfaced that some clinics are ending up with extra doses and allowing anyone to get the shot.
In a news conference last week, Gov. Mike Parson said the goal is to make sure only those who are eligible to get the vaccine are getting the shot even if doses are left at the end.
OSAGE COUNTY - Phones at the Osage County Health Department began ringing more frequently last Thursday.
Governor Mike Parson had just announced the state activated Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccination plan, allowing Missourians 65-years-old and up to get in line. Please do not call the health department to ask was the message from administrator Susan Long on the department s Facebook page. Osage is one of five counties in mid-Missouri to not receive any doses, 38 days after the first vaccinations were administered in the region.
Other services cut to handle call volume
Hundreds of people call the Cooper County Health Department each week to find out if they re able to get vaccinated yet, putting a strain on staff doing contact tracing on top of their normal pre-pandemic responsibilities, according to administrator Melanie Hutton.