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Federal health officials may soon rely on major discount retailer Dollar General to speed up the deployment of coronavirus vaccines nationwide.
The director of Disease Control and Prevention Centers, Rochelle Walensky, announced at the Health Action Alliance’s virtual national business summit on Tuesday that the agency was in talks with the retailer to provide assistance in underserved areas where residents do not have as much access to wholesale. stores do not have. according to USA Today.
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“We are investigating a promising partnership with Dollar General stores, which includes locations that contain refrigeration capacity within 10 or 15 miles of our rural communities in all but four countries,” Walensky said.
A Local Dollar General Store in Bethlehem, North Carolina, June 5, 2019. (iStock)
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Dollar General confirmed on his website that he is still in talks with the CDC “about ways the company can support the country’s COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts.”
With more than 16,700 establishments across the country, the company believes it is “well positioned to help with these efforts.”
In fact, about 75% of its stores are within five miles of communities with no more than 20,000 residents.
Rural areas face greater challenges with vaccination vaccines due to a lack of proper supplies and medical professions compared to large cities across the country.
| Ticker | Safety | Last | Alter | Alter% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DG | DOLLAR GENERAL | 189.67 | +2.12 | + 1.13% |
| WMT | WALMART, INC. | 132.14 | -0.14 | -0.11% |
To combat this, large retailers and pharmacies are working to ensure equitable distribution of the vaccine within the communities they serve.
Walmart, which has already partnered with the federal government to administer vaccines, said for example that it has nearly 4,000 Walmart sites “within one or more of the federally designated medically underserved areas” and plans to serve these communities through COVID -19 vaccination events.
Dollar General has not provided specific details about these efforts, but will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.
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Representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.