GREAT FALLS Across Cascade County, some people are asking how they can receive the newly-approved COVID vaccine ahead of the respiratory infection season.

For now, the answer is not simple. The Cascade City-County Health Department says doses have been ordered but have not yet arrived in Great Falls.

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Lenore Harris, the departments Immunization Program Manager, says, Currently we dont have it here at the health department. It is on order, were just waiting for it to come in.

The holdup comes down to timing and insurance coverage. The federal Food & Drug Administration has already approved this years shot, but another federal panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), has to weigh in before the vaccine can be distributed widely.

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