CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – DECEMBER 18: COVID-19 vaccines are stored at -80 degrees Celsius at Roseland Community Hospital pharmacy on December 18, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images)
In Writing
UPDATED 1:34 PM PT: Friday, April 9, 2021
The White House rejected requests from states to send more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the White House coronavirus response coordinator, there are plans to send additional staff to help with vaccines, but no additional doses will be sent.
Michigan is one of the states that has been asking for more vaccines, with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pressuring Joe Biden to get more doses because of the rise in COVID-19 cases in his state.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be at the Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Michigan on October 16, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)
“We have been talking to the DC administration regularly for the last few days and will continue to do so. Anyone looking at a COVID map knows that Michigan is definitely a national hotspot right now, “Whitmer said.” My team and I have had a regular conversation with the national COVID response team and we have requested more vaccines “.
The White House coronavirus coordinator advocated rejecting the request for more doses, saying the vaccine is still needed by tens of millions of people across the country.