N. AUGUSTA, SC. (WRDW / WAGT) – The South Carolina Hospital Association issued a statement on the amount of COVID vaccines being distributed to hospitals across the state of Palmetto.
In the statement, they say DHEC warned them that hospitals will receive “significantly less vaccine than requested”.
DHEC expects to distribute the same amount of vaccine as in previous weeks, but according to SCHA, hospitals have requested four times that amount.
“Hospitals will receive 100% of the second doses they have requested, but only 20-25% of the first doses they have specified,” said the SCHA statement.
This will likely pose a problem for South Carolina hospitals as they try to increase their vaccination efforts in the coming weeks.
“We will continue to do everything in our power to speed up the distribution of these vaccines as part of the state’s vaccination plan. We need more vaccines from Washington to do the job, ”said the Association.
News 12 reached DHEC and local hospitals in South Carolina for comment. We will update this article when we have an answer.
For the full SCHA statement, see below.
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