Oklahoma might be forced to throw out tens of thousands of vaccines set to expire in coming weeks, according to the state health department.
Officials in Oklahoma are pushing for younger individuals to get the COVID-19 vaccine as demand for the shots continue to fall.Oklahoma may be forced to throw out tens of thousands of vaccines set to expire in coming weeks, according to the state health department.
Those expiring doses come as vaccinations are slowing from approximately 8,000 shots per day to 4,500 per day, according to the state health department.told ABC News Oklahoma City affiliate KOCO"We are not reaching the goals we would like to be reaching to ensure that we are positioned well to go on into the summer and into the fall."A vial of COVID-19 vaccine in a cooler Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla.
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