(AP) — Louisiana is asking President Joe Biden’s administration to establish one of its planned federal coronavirus vaccine sites at the New Orleans convention center.
But state officials would like that site to come with extra doses of the shots rather than a reshuffling of current supply.
Negotiations continue with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Dr. Joe Kanter is the top public health adviser to Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Kanter says key questions remain unanswered about how such a site could be financed and whether that would help Louisiana get new doses of the vaccine.
The Biden administration says it intends to open 100 federal vaccination sites by the end of the month. The first two locations opened in California.