ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. — Isle of Wight County said that because of the "limited number of vaccines" it received from the state this week, it was canceling all appointments people made to get their first of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Workforce Development Center in Franklin and at the Smithfield Center in Smithfield.
The county did not say exactly how many vaccine doses it got this week or how many people were affected by the cancellations.
People who had appointments to get the second dose of their COVID-19 vaccines still will be able to get those shots, because "second doses of the vaccine comes from a separate allocation," the county wrote on its Facebook page.
In its release, the county said it hoped to get more vaccines soon.
It explained, "Vaccine allocation is determined at the State level and is not controlled by any of the Health District's staff. The Western Tidewater Health District's staff continues to advocate for more vaccines to distribute to its constituents and asks for the public's patience as we navigate through this very difficult process."