Chinanews.com, February 20. According to the US Chinese website, the White House said on the 19th that the winter storm has caused 6 million doses of the new crown vaccine to not be distributed to states on time, which is equivalent to about three days of shipments.

The White House pointed out that it hopes to issue a backlog of inventory within a week.

Data map: Recently, the United States has been hit by extremely cold weather, and the temperature in many places hit a record low in recent years.

Among them, Texas was the most severely affected. The blizzard once paralyzed the power grid in the severe cold.

The picture shows a snow-covered highway.

　　According to reports, Andy Slavitt, a senior adviser to the White House's New Coronavirus Task Force, said that the delays caused by the weather have affected the supply chains in all 50 states.

He said that workers of many mailing service providers were trapped by heavy snow and could not go to work normally, and road closures also hindered the delivery of goods to multiple locations.

In addition, there are more than 2,000 vaccination sites unable to receive vaccines due to power outages.

　　Slavitt said: "We expect all the backlog of doses will be delivered within the next week." But this will require staff in some places to work overtime.

Data map: On February 16, 2021, the mass vaccination station set up in Oakland Stadium, California, was opened to qualified people.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　"We will be able to catch up, but we know that it means asking people to pay more." Slavitt said, "If we all work together... we will be able to catch up next week." Slavitt said. The vaccine is currently "safe and well kept in factories and hubs."

　　According to reports, the federal government has also opened more mass vaccination sites, and the first batch of federal government-operated sites opened in California this week.

Another four vaccination points will be opened in multiple locations in Florida, and a total of 12,000 people can be vaccinated every day.

In addition, Philadelphia will also open a site.

Slavitt said that these sites are expected to be up and running within two weeks.