IT LOOKS LIKE ILLINOIS' SUPPLY OF COVID-19 VACCINE EXPECTED IN COMING WEEKS IS BEING CUT IN HALF. 

GOVERNOR J-B PRITZKER SAYS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT EIGHT MILLION DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE WOULD BE SHIPPED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY NEXT WEEK.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE SHIPMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK HAS ALSO BEEN REDUCED BY ABOUT 50 PERCENT AND NOTES THIS WILL NOT AFFECT DISTRIBUTION OF DOSES RECEIVED THIS WEEK.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE SIZE OF THE SHIPMENT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND THAT THIS LATEST DELAY ISN'T AFFECTING DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE THE STATE HAS JUST RECEIVED.