Colorado to receive nearly 17,000 fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine than expected
Colorado will receive nearly 17,000 fewer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in its next shipment, Gov. Jared Polis’ office said Thursday night.
Colorado had been expecting for an allocation of 56,550 does on Friday, but will receive only 39,780, a difference of 16,770, the governor’s office said in a statement.
“We learned this week that Operation Warp Speed leadership has made a decision that changes what we had expected to receive,” according to the statement.
Of the expected 39,780 doses, 25,740 will be transferred to the CDC Pharmacy Partnership Program to support on-site vaccination of skilled nursing facilities and the other 14,040 will be given to providers, the statement said.
“Currently, the CDC notifies the state on a week by week basis what we can expect for the upcoming week,” the statement read. “OWS is changing their approach so that we get the same allocation each week. If additional doses become available, OWS will distribute those additional doses periodically.”
Pfizer said Thursday night that it is not having any production issues with the vaccine and there have been no delayed shipments.
“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,” Pfizer said in a statement. “We have millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses.”


