White House Taking Action to Increase Vaccine Availability

The White House administration announced that it will begin distributing COVID-19 vaccine doses directly to pharmacies to expand vaccine access for Americans. 6,500 pharmacies have already been selected to receive the first round of vaccines from the federal government. Among those selected are CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Rite Aid and Costco; White House staff elucidated that shipments to pharmacies will begin on February 11. Jeff Zients, COVID-19 response coordinator, cautioned that while this is a huge step in increasing vaccine access for Americans, supply will be limited at the start. It is estimated that one million doses will be shipped to pharmacies each week.

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