Beaumont Health cancels 1,884 vaccine appointments per second dose due to unexpected low supply

DETROIT – As a result of an unexpected supply shortage, Beaumont Health cancels 1,884 second-dose appointments scheduled for Thursday, February 18th.

According to Beaumont Health, a significant reduction in the allocation of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from the state of Michigan was announced on Friday.

“The health system is working to automatically reschedule all canceled appointments a week later at the same time and day of the week, as long as the state provides enough vaccine. Beaumont is also looking for more clarity from the “State about these much-needed second doses,” a Beaumont Health statement said.

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Most patients will receive an email if the appointment is canceled, but Beaumont will also try to contact other patients without an email address.

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“Although the typical time between the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine is three weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the vaccine remains effective when patients receive the second dose up to six weeks after the first dose, “the statement continued.

The healthcare system will not be able to open further vaccine appointments against the first dose of Pfizer at the Beaumont Service Center until an additional vaccine is received.

According to Beaumont, it is ready to administer 50,000 doses a week, but this week it will only be able to make 2,200, which is the whole state supplied in its recent assignment.

The health system has administered more than 100,000 doses since the vaccine became available two months ago, he said.

“We are so disappointed that we have had to cancel these appointments. Our teams worked all day and all weekend with the state to try to secure the second-dose vaccine we asked for, ”said Beaumont Health Director of Operations Carolyn Wilson.“ We remain committed to vaccinate patients as quickly as possible as soon as we receive the assigned doses of vaccine “.

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Patients scheduled to receive the first dose of the Modern vaccine in Dearborn are not affected.