In November 2020, the government partnered with 11 grocery store chains across the country to bring a free COVID-19 vaccine to everyone in America. Since then, two vaccines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and now several supermarkets and pharmacies in your area are already giving them to first-round patients.
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Kroger Health administered the Pfizer vaccine to healthcare workers in the last few days of December 2020 in Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska. “Kroger Health is also conducting vaccination efforts for priority populations in several other geographic areas,” the company says. They currently have 2,200 pharmacies and 220 clinics in 35 countries.
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Walmart and Sam’s Club in New Mexico began administering the drug vaccine to health care workers until mid-December 2020, says Dr. Tom Van Gilder, medical head of the chain. Rural areas were preferred, but pharmacists were also included in the first round.
Like Kroger, Walmart says they are in talks with other government officials about making the vaccine available, not only to people in Priority 1A, but also to essential workers, first responders, those with high-risk medical conditions and older Americans. . in Priority 1B and Priority 1C. Walmart has more than 5,000 pharmacies in each state.
While we wait until more information becomes available, this COVID-19 precaution temporarily shuts down some Walmart stores.
This chain, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, gave the first doses of the vaccine to health care workers as part of Phase 1A at a clinic in Alaska, according to a Dec. 23 statement. ‘However, the company has received doses in eight other states for this critical first phase and expects more stock to be on the way’, which can be distributed at one of the 1700 pharmacies, grocery stores or in a separate community location. Albertsons is currently hiring 800 additional pharmacy staff to help with the demand.
Other stores like Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Tom Thumb and others are all part of the Albertsons brand.
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HEB is already asking for more of the Moderna vaccine in the state of Texas after it distributed or scheduled the first award to distribute the first award, the company said on January 3rd.
“We are awaiting another vaccine award from the state of Texas so that we can continue to vaccinate healthcare providers as well as offer vaccine to those in Phase 1B,” according to a statement on the company’s website. “Once we have stock, we will activate a scheduling tool on our website so people can schedule an appointment.”
The first announcer of Hy-Vee’s Modern COVID-19 vaccine was about 100 residents and staff at a long-term care facility in Fairmont, Minnesota, the company announced in late December. Shortly thereafter, several dozen health workers in Dallas County, Iowa, followed suit, and the chain continues to administer the vaccine to others in the area and in Polk County.
The chain provides distribution of the vaccine to more than 270 drugstore locations in eight states, including Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
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Twenty-two Publix pharmacies in three Florida provinces will distribute 15,000 doses of the free Moderna vaccine from Jan. 7, Governor Ron DeSantis announced at a news conference. The chain expects to administer it to 120 people per day in the provinces of Citrus, Hernando and Marion.
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