Colorado is one of the states that had to delay vaccinations due to the impact of the storm on a distribution center in Tennessee, officials said.
“Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment is working with Colorado’s health care providers and local public health agencies across the state to make adjustments over the coming days to ensure that appointments and clinics do not have to be canceled,” reads a news release from the state. read.
Ahead of President’s weekend, Colorado requested and received doses scheduled for this week on Friday, but the state’s allocation of 133,000 vaccines expected to arrive Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will be affected.
“This decision helps us to have enough on hand to move doses with suppliers to prevent cancellations,” the press release read.
Florida
About 2,000 people in Miami-Dade County will not receive their scheduled second dose due to weather-related supply of the inventory, according to Rachel Johnson, the mayor’s communications director.
The second doses of the Pfizer vaccine to be administered on Thursday have not yet arrived, Johnson told CNN.
Johnson said all stakeholders had been notified of the delay, and were told that as soon as the vaccine arrived, their appointment would be rescheduled.
Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Health has received a notice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that were due to arrive earlier this week would be delayed by manufacturers due to the harsh winter weather, DPH said in a news release. .
“As a result, many providers across the country, including health departments, are being forced to reschedule vaccinations. The renaming of appointments will depend on when transportation resumes and when the vaccine arrives in Georgia. The delays are expected. continues through the week, “the DPH said. release said.
Illinois
In Chicago, all urban vaccine sites were closed Tuesday due to winter weather and appointments there will be rescheduled, city officials said.
The Cook County health system, which includes the Chicago suburbs, told CNN all of its vaccination sites will be closed, except for three that the system operates within city limits.
The postponement came after Covid-19 deliveries in the area were delayed when more than a foot of snow fell between Sunday night and Tuesday morning, the Chicago Department of Public Health said.
Ahead of the winter weather and unfavorable road conditions, Illinois ordered that the Covid-19 vaccine be delivered to the “Strategic National Stock Receipt, Store and Stage Website,” according to a state news release.
The state also said it had been notified by the federal government that it should expect delays in vaccine delivery this week due to the winter storms, the news release said.
Kentucky
Government Andy Beshear said Monday night that the weather would cause vaccination in the state. He said he hoped the state would be able to fill in any postponement next week, after the last one disappeared again.
In Louisville, the LouVax vaccination center at Broadbent Arena would be closed Tuesday, the city’s mayor said.
Mississippi
The Mississippi Department of Health Department is due to close Tuesday, with the exception of the Coast Coliseum site in Harrison County.
Missouri
“Missouri is experiencing severe winter weather that makes driving dangerous and threatens the health and safety of everyone exposed to the cold. These conditions are also likely to slow down the transportation of vaccines,” Parson said. “We want to protect the safety of everyone involved in the mass vaccination events, from the patients who are vaccinated to the volunteers who generously support these events.”
Nevada
The state reported that the disruption could occur and he is working with the health districts and pharmacies that may be affected.
“We ask Nevadans to continue to be patient at this time,” the tweet read.
Ohio
Government Mike DeWine announced on Tuesday that Covid-19 vaccine shipments delivered directly from Pfizer and Moderna suppliers could be delayed by one to two days due to severe weather.
Smaller shipments from the Ohio Department of Health’s receiving, shopping and theater warehouse (RSS) are being delivered with a two-hour delay, DeWine said.
Some vaccine providers have canceled appointments due to snow emergencies, DeWine said, but many continue to vaccinate. “So we continue to monitor the weather and the shipments for the rest of the week, but we expect, as we have seen, a slowdown in the shipments,” he said.
Oklahoma
Some vaccination sites will have to adjust for hours during the week or be temporarily closed to ensure public safety is a priority, the Oklahoma Department of Health said.
Tennessee
Texas
Corpus Christi
According to the news report, Wednesday will soon be a new shipment.
Dallas county
The province said it had closed its Fair Park vaccination site until Wednesday.
Harris county
The winter storm cut off power to the Harris County Public Health Building around 2 a.m. Monday and the backup generator also failed, putting more than 8,400 coronavirus vaccines at risk for spoilage, Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo said Monday. .
Officials quickly put together a plan to allocate and rescue the vaccines, Hidalgo said.
Harris County officials have established themselves at the Ben Taub, Lyndon B. Johnson and Houston Methodist hospitals in Houston, as well as Rice University and Harris County Jail as the sites to receive the vaccine overnight. Hidalgo said.
San antonio
It was the second consecutive day that San Antonio postponed the vaccinations at the venue. The city decided over the weekend to move Monday’s appointments to Friday.
CNN’s Rosa Flores, Keith Allen, Dave Alsup, Amanda Jackson, Omar Jimenez, Rebekah Riess, Jennifer Selva, Konstantin Toropin and Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.