Montana vaccine allocation increasing as state begins Phase 2

Gov. Greg Gianforte announced in a press conference Wednesday that the state would be receiving 15,000 more doses of vaccine starting this week, bringing the weekly allocation of vaccine to almost 42,000.

He said the state will receive 15,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 11,000 Moderna vaccines and nearly 16,000 of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines, which will be distributed to Montanans as the state moves into Phase 2 of it's vaccine rollout plan, which includes everyone 16 years and older, today.

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