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Kentucky lags sorely behind Indiana in reference to receiving their allocated H1N1 vaccines. While Indiana is ranked 14th in per capita doses shipped, Kentucky ranks 42nd.
To clarify, this means that the state and local health officials have not exhausted the state’s allocation of vaccine as quickly as other states.
Despite this, both Indiana and Kentucky health officials are very concerned that they are receiving the vaccine much too slowly than they had originally anticipated.
When asked about Kentucky’s slow rate of ordering and receiving the vaccine, Gwenda Bond, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department for Public Health stated “We don’t have a good answer for that.” Bond is quoted in a report by the Courier Journal.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data which showed that Indiana is one of the quickest states in the entire country in ordering and receiving their allocated doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine. Just last week Indiana had been ranked as being number one in the country.
This means that Indiana health officials placed orders earlier and asked for greater amounts than most states. However, during this week, most states caught up.
Judith Monroe, Indiana Health Commissioner was quoted as stating “We were just out of the gate very quickly.”
In Kentucky, two more H1N1 flu-related deaths were reported by officials which bring the state’s total to 10.
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