LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Channel 13 is getting answers to viewer concerns over the availability of newly approved COVID-19 vaccines at Nevada pharmacies after recent nationwide reports.

CVS, one of the nation's top pharmacies, told us there is not a shortage of the vaccine, but due to state pharmacy laws, they cannot administer the shot in Nevada. The same is true for two other states, Massachusetts and New Mexico.

The big question is — why can't pharmacists give the shot in Nevada?

New fall COVID-19 shots were approved recently by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Our state law bars pharmacists from giving Nevadans the new vaccine until it is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

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