Raimondo Claims Trump Short-Changed RI on Vaccine - 36% Decrease in Week Two
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s office said on Thursday that the state’s allocation of the Pfizer vaccine has been diminished by 36% in week two.
Raimondo is calling on the Trump administration to “honor its commitments” for vaccine delivery to the state.
The announcement comes after Rhode Island announced it began receiving vaccines this week -- and a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on Thursday backed Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTRaimondo Office on Record
Raimondo’s office sent out the following statement on Thursday afternoon
“Yesterday, the Rhode Island Department of Health learned that the state’s allocation of the Pfizer vaccine for Week 2, beginning 12/21, was reduced from 10,725 to 6,825 doses.
We have heard accounts of similar reductions in other states, and no clear explanation has been provided by Operation Warp Speed.
We are calling on the Trump administration to honor its commitments and provide the full allocation to Rhode Island.
In the meantime, we are continuing to distribute the vaccine as quickly as possible to our frontline healthcare workers, and we are evaluating the impact of these reductions on our vaccination planning.”
According to the Governor’s office, Dr. Philip Chan will provide a detailed vaccine update at Friday’s 1pm press briefing.
Related Articles
- 7 Major Coronavirus Developments — RI’s EpiVax to Raise $1.75M for Clinical Trial for Vaccine
- Cambridge-Based Moderna, Inc. Launches Phase 1 Study of Potential Coronavirus Vaccine
- Whitcomb: And With No Vaccine? Moving Money Around in a Crisis; Another Pension Deal
- Did Rhode Island Order Enough Dosages of Flu Vaccine This Year?
- AstraZeneca Pauses Coronavirus Vaccine Trial After Volunteer’s “Unexplained Illness”
- Brown Partners With Insight Therapeutics to Research Flu Vaccines for Elderly
- Brown Alpert Medical School Malaria Expert Kurtis on Gearing Up for Phase One Vaccine Trials LIVE
- Bishop: Hitchhikers Guide to Vaccine Mandates
- Founder of RI Alliance for Vaccine Choice to Challenge Mattiello, Will Face Frias in GOP Primary
- LIVE: RI HPV Vaccine Activist Gardiner Warns Against “Bad Database Bill”
- Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough: Brown Alpert Medical School Professor Joins “Smart Health”
- Barely 50% of Americans Would Opt to Get Coronavirus Vaccine - Massive Drop in Confidence
- Johnson & Johnson Pauses Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Following “Unexplained Illness”
- Rhode Island Department of Health Warns of Vaccine Phishing Scam
- Pfizer Tells U.S. Supply of Vaccine Will Be Limited and Late, According to Reports
- RI House COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force to Discuss Vaccine Distribution with CVS at 3 PM—Watch LIVE
- Uber CEO & Brown Grad Tells Governors Company Wants Drivers to Get Vaccine Quickly, Easily & Free
- FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s Coronavirus Vaccine for Emergency Use
- Supply Chain Issues Cause Pfizer to Slash 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Target, According to Reports
- United Kingdom First Country to Approve Use of Pfizer Vaccine - Vaccinations to Begin Next Week
- 5 Major Coronavirus Developments - RI’s Conflicting Policies, Pfizer Vaccine, Are Outside Tents Safe
- Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Reportedly 94.5% Effective
- Shekarchi Appoints House Task Force for COVID-19 Vaccine, Dr. Fine to Testify
- What RIers Need to Know About Vaccines: Who Will Manage Distribution, When, and Safety Concerns
- RI Hospitals Begin Receiving Coronavirus Vaccine—Now Authorized to Vaccinate Frontline Workers