(Radio Iowa) – The amount of COVID-19 vaccine the state of Iowa is being sent is expected to rise next week by perhaps 25-thousand doses compared to the past two weeks, according to Governor Kim Reynolds. The allotment coming next week should hit 128-thousand doses, including 18-thousand doses of the one-shot Johnson-and-Johnson version. Reynolds says even more of the J-and-J vaccine should arrive in early April.

“With this news, I am pleased to say that we remain on target to open vaccination to all Iowans beginning Monday, April 5th,” she says. It will mean a much higher demand than supply and the governor is encouraging Iowans to be patient, adding, “soon there will be enough vaccine for everyone.”