Supply limits vaccine rollout

It’s going to take time to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to those who want it in Jefferson County. Perhaps a long time.

The number of vaccine doses received here weekly are based on a population analysis by the Department of Public Health and Human Services — and that, in turn, is dependent upon how much Montana receives from the federal government, said Jefferson County Public Health Department Supervisor Pam Hanna.

Currently, the county is allotted 100 doses a week, with a portion of that going to administer the second required dose of the vaccine, she said, adding that the maximum allotment Jefferson County is eligible to receive is 158 doses a week. However, the vaccine comes in lots of 100 and they are not currently being divided, said Hanna.