PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Health Services announced Tuesday that extreme winter weather across the country has delayed this week’s delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the state.
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Officials say because of these delays, some county health departments have informed ADHS that they had to cancel appointments within the next two days.
ADHS says there are enough doses available for state vaccination sites and other sites that administer the Pfizer vaccine to continue uninterrupted.
Officials say they are in regular contact with federal and local partners to control this situation.
ADHS has not specified which counties have been notified of cancellations or how many appointments will be affected.
Maricopa County says they will not cancel appointments, but will continue to evaluate the offer throughout the day tomorrow and coordinate with ADHS.
ABC15 is working to find out how counties will notify people if their appointment has been canceled and if there will be an immediate opportunity to reschedule it.
Adhs set aside the counties that have contacted them and will have to cancel appointments.
It looks like this information would be good in a statement: “some local health departments have told ADHS …” is all we know.
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