The U.S. has a 'backlog' of six million coronavirus vaccine doses due to the massive winter storms that have swept the Midwest and Texas, the Biden administration revealed on Friday. Meanwhile, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working to open up more mass vaccination sites across the country. Of the doses administered, about 29.5 million have been Pfizer-BioNTech's jab and 28 million have been the jab from Moderna. 'As weather conditions improve, we are already looking to clear this backlog,' he said, noting that 1.4 million doses are being shipped on Friday. However, he noted that he has since changed his mind because FEMA would bring additional vaccine doses into the state.

Source: The Nation February 19, 2021 20:15 UTC