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St. Louis County To Administer 9,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses This Week
Many are turning to social media to try to track down where vaccines are available.
February 24, 2021
After weeks of pleading for additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, St. Louis County leaders have announced the state is sending more their way.
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Many are turning to social media to try to track down where vaccines are available.
After thousands of doses were delayed due to the inclement weather last week, St. Louis County is expected to get 9,000 doses this week. Over the next week the St. Louis County Health Department said they plan to administer 6,000 first doses and 3,000 second doses. Moving forward, St. Louis County leaders said they expect at least 3,000 vaccine doses per week. They also said once the state receives more vaccine supply they think their weekly allotment will grow.
Vaccine hunters: St. Louisians create Facebook groups to help each track vaccine availability
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Many are turning to social media to try to track down where vaccines are available. There are eight sites the county plans to administer the vaccine to those with appointments. Click here to pre-register for an appointment. Over the past few weeks, there were complaints the St. Louis region wasn’t receiving an even proportion of vaccine doses to its population. Gov. Mike Parson has defended the state’s rollout, stating it was fair. The Missouri Health Department said the St. Louis region has received 35% of the state’s vaccine doses. The region houses 37% of the state’s population. News 4 crunched the numbers and discovered the 2% difference means the region has missed out on nearly 21,000 doses of the vaccine.
