SOUTHFIELD, MI -- A significant reduction in Michigan’s Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocation forced Beaumont Health was forced to cancel 1,884 second dose appointments scheduled for Feb. 18, the health system said Monday.
The decrease in allotment was unexpected, the health system said Monday, and staff is working to automatically reschedule all canceled appointments to one week later at the same time and on the same day of the week.
Appointments are dependent on the state supplying enough vaccines, Beaumont staff said in a release. In addition, the health system will not be able to open any more Pfizer first dose vaccine appointments at the Beaumont Service Center until additional vaccine is received.
“We are so disappointed that we had to cancel these appointments. Our teams worked around the clock and throughout the weekend with the state to try and secure the second dose vaccine we requested,” Beaumont Health Chief Operating Officer Carolyn Wilson said. “We remain committed to vaccinating patients as quickly as possible as soon as we receive our allocated doses of vaccine.”
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According to a news release, Beaumont is prepared to administer 50,000 doses a week, but this week will only do 2,200, which is all the state supplied in its recent allocation. The health system has administered more than 100,000 doses since the vaccine became available two months ago.
Beaumont says its working diligently to get more vaccine from the state to provide the required second dose in a timely manner. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the vaccine remains effective when patients receive the second dose up to six weeks after the first dose.
Beaumont says patients scheduled to receive their first dose of the Moderna vaccine in Dearborn are not affected by the cancelation.
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