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States Fear Shortfall of Supplies for Vaccine Rollout, U.S. Watchdog Says
- Testing materials also hard to come by as pandemic worsens
- GAO report faults health agencies over PPE, testing guidance
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Many states fear they won’t have the supplies they need to administer Covid-19 vaccines and are still grappling with a deficit of coronavirus testing materials, according to a report from a top federal watchdog that calls for “urgent actions” to fight the pandemic.
Thirty-eight states told the Government Accountability Office that they were concerned about having enough supplies to distribute and administer vaccines, according to the report Monday by the nonpartisan agency. Between a third and half of states had shortages of some testing supplies in October, including rapid point-of-care tests, the GAO found.