NEW YORK: Scattered vaccine shortages cropped up on the frontlines of the US battle against the coronavirus pandemic on Friday , prompting at least one large New York healthcare system to cancel a slew of appointments for people hoping to be inoculated.
In Oregon, Governor Kate Brown said a federal official told her the state would not receive additional vaccine supplies because the federal government has none in reserve.Advertisement However, the Washington Post reported on Friday morning that the federal government does not have a remaining reserve of the two approved vaccines, one by Pfizer and partner BioNTech and a second from Moderna, which has emergency use authorisation.
NYU Langone Health suspended new appointments beginning Friday after state and local officials abruptly declined to provide routine confirmation that it and other healthcare systems would get any more vaccine, Senior Vice President Andrew Rubin said.
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