There is no collection of federal coronavirus vaccine stock with reserved doses, an alarming new report says.
On Tuesday, Health and People Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar announced that the Trump administration would release all held-back views.
But state and federal officials are telling the Washington Post that, when that oath was made, the reserve had already gone down.
In fact, as early as the end of December, the White House had been delivering doses to states that had just been reconstituted.
The HHS declined to comment if or when they receive more doses from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.
On Tuesday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced that the federal government will release a coronavirus vaccine stock record. Pictured: Azar speaks at a press conference on Operation Warp Speed on Tuesday
But a new report reveals the Trump administration that the asylum was already issued when that news was made by Pfizer who stopped last year and Moderna last weekend. Pictured: A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Queen’s Police Academy in New York
It is unclear when the federal government will receive more doses with just 11.1 million people vaccinated so far (above)
With the two vaccines licensed for emergency use in the U.S. requiring two doses, the administration initially planned to withhold 50 percent of the supply to ensure people received their second dose.
However, three people told the Post that doses of the Pfizer vaccine would stop being collected by the end of 2020.
Last weekend, the same thing happened with Moderna.
HHS officials did not immediately return DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
In a statement to CBS News, Pfizer said that Operation Warp Speed - the government ‘s plan to accelerate vaccine doses – called for the pharmaceutical company to start delivering’ second dose doses’ recently. ‘
‘We have the second doses of what has been given to the US in the past,’ the statement read in part.
‘We have given OWS a unique record and we see no issues in delivering on the promises we have made.’
Moreover, according to data from Bloomberg, 1.78 million more doses were dispensed as on Friday than on Thursday. However, it is not clear how this will affect next week’s release.
It is unclear how vaccine circulation will be next week and how many doses will fall off the production lines.
Governors Kate Brown of Oregon, Jay Inslee of Washington and Andrew Cuomo of New York expressed their fears and said they were running out of doses (above)
The Post said the change in policy on the release of doses is reserved because federal officials believe the supply chain could sustain by issuing increased emissions.
The news surprised regulators and health officials across the country who had hoped to raise the doses they would receive in their arms.
Instead, they need to maintain their already thin supply of vaccines and find out who will receive doses so that more can be done.
‘Last night, I received disturbing news, which was confirmed to me directly by General Perna of Operation Warp Speed: States will not receive more consignments of vaccines from the national stock store next week, as there is no stock federal of doses there, ‘Oregon Governor Kate. Brown tweeted on Friday.
‘This is an illusion at the national level. Oregon seniors, teachers, were all of us, under a promise that the Oregon portion of the federal reserve of vaccines would be released. ‘
Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York spoke to the news at a press conference Friday, especially since the CDC increased the eligibility of federal guidelines recommending that everyone 65 and older be shot.
‘You increase eligibility, you do not increase supply, and now you have a very complex situation,’ said Cuomo.
‘I believe what [the administration] there was political motivation. So on the way out the door they can say they gave everyone a chance, and we increased the supply … but they didn’t. ‘
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee also responded to the controversy.
‘Regulators were again told by @HHSgov that there was a strategic reserve of vaccines, and this week, the American people were told it would be released to increase vaccine supply,’ he told tweet.
It now appears that there is no sanctuary. The Trump administration. you must respond immediately to this deception. ‘
The news of the release of the reserve came after President Joe Biden’s team said they planned to release every dose.
Secretary of HHS Azar was opposed to such a policy, saying it was immoral to release doses and make people miss rising beats.
But. By the time he announced the policy change, he did not forget to state that the stockpile no longer contained reserved doses.