Colorado will receive 16,770 fewer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in its next delivery, according to a statement from Governor Jared Polis’s office Thursday night.
According to the statement, Colorado is planning an allocation of 56,550 doses of Pfizer on December 18.
“We learned this week that the management of Operation Warp Speed (OWS) has made a decision that changes what we expected to receive,” the statement said.
Colorado’s next allocation will include 39,780 doses. Of these, 25,740 will be transferred to the CDC Pharmacy’s partnership program to support on-site vaccination of Colorado’s qualified health care facilities and 14,040 will be allocated to providers, according to the governor’s office.
The statement continued: “Currently, the CDC is notifying the state on a weekly basis of what we can expect for next week. OWS changes its approach so that we get the same allocation every week. If additional doses are available, OWS will periodically dispense these additional doses. “
Pfizer also issued a statement on Thursday evening stating that it has no production problems with the vaccine and that shipments are not delayed.
“This week, we successfully shipped all the 2.9 million doses that the US government has asked us to deliver to the locations they specify,” Pfizer said. “We still have millions of doses in our warehouse, but so far we have not received shipping instructions for additional doses.”
The reason behind the lack of additional shipping instructions is not yet clear.
At a news conference on Friday, Polis said the state is still waiting to receive 95,600 doses of Moderna vaccine.
This is an evolving story and will be updated.