Until the recent spurt, he said, the pharmacy had sold about 10 doses in three weeks.

About 1.8 million doses of the vaccine have been given to 445,000 Americans in the services.

The Pentagon administers about 75,000 doses of the vaccine a month.

The indicator may not appear to move until about 5 doses have been used.

Manufacturers have also donated about 150 million doses of vaccine.

He said his practice ordered about 1,500 doses but had received only about 50 by early November.

The agency says about 800,000 doses were distributed to providers.

The county has so far received about 10,000 doses of vaccine, he said.

That is up from just two manufacturers making about 61 million doses two years ago.

"You've got about six full doses sticking to the skin of that finger!"