The availability of COVID-19 vaccine continues to be the leading factor limiting vaccination of the more than two million remaining Missourians currently eligible, according to Missouri’s priority phases.

A news release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says Missouri’s inter-agency vaccine planning team has selected hospitals within all regions of the state which will be receiving just over half of the state’s weekly vaccine allocation through the month of February. Federal partners are responsible for the state’s total allocation, which is currently approximately 76,000 doses per week, and the state decides where to apportion that allocation among Missouri’s enrolled COVID-19 vaccinators.

The decision announced Monday, February 1, is focused on the selected hospitals in each region of the state identified as having the capability to administer 5,000 vaccines per week. Actual allocations for each selected hospital will be proportional to regional population. Weekly vaccine delivery from the federal allocation will rotate between the groups of identified hospitals and partners shown below to reduce the burden on individual organizations and extend the geographic reach of the effort.

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