KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Both Kansas and Missouri will receive fewer doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the next shipment than originally anticipated.
A spokesperson with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment told 41 Action News the state will now receive 17,550 vaccines instead of 29,000 next week.
“The federal government has reduced allocations of vaccines to states beginning next week. KDHE has been informed to expect 17,550 doses in Kansas rather than 29,000," the spokesperson said. "This will still be allocated toward the National Pharmacy Program.”
In Missouri, the state expected to receive 63,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine next week according to reporting by the Associated Press.
However, Dr. Randall Williams with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said this could decrease by 25% to 30%.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly previously announced the state would receive and distribute 150,000 vaccines by the end Dec. It's not clear if the state will still reach this goal with the decrease in the second shipment.
In Missouri, the state was expected to receive 339,775 vaccine doses by the end of the month.
It's not clear if the states will still reach this number with the decrease in the second shipment.
On Thursday, Pfizer said it's not having issues with production of it's COVID-19 vaccine.
“Pfizer is not having any production issues with our COVID-19 vaccine, and no shipments containing the vaccine are on hold or delayed," the company said. "This week, we successfully shipped all 2.9 million doses that we were asked to ship by the U.S. Government to the locations specified by them."
"We have millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses," the company said.
