Colorado to receive 20,000 fewer J&J doses next week, state says
Colorado officials are expecting the state to receive just 9,700 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in coming days, far fewer than what was expected or what came in the last shipment.
The state will still receive nearly 280,000 doses from Pfizer and Moderna. But the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be significantly trimmed down: The state received 80,000 doses this week, which is what officials expected. But next week, the Johnson & Johnson shipment will only be 9,700 doses, far below the expected 30,000 allotment.
A spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Health and Environment said the lower-than-expected shipment will not impact the state’s broader inoculation effort.
“Pfizer and Moderna vaccine production continues as planned, and federal officials expect that there will still be enough doses available to ensure that every Coloradan that wants a vaccine will be able to receive the first dose by the end of May,” the spokesperson wrote in an email.
No appointments will need to be rescheduled, the spokesperson said, as “providers generally schedule appointments weekly based on the allotment they know they will receive.”
Colorado is not alone in receiving fewer doses. In Missouri, the Associated Press reported late last week that a manufacturing problem was delaying 15 million Johnson & Johnson doses nationwide and that Missouri would lose more than 200,000 expected shots.


