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CHARLESTON — As many as 15,500 additional doses of coronavirus vaccine may come to West Virginia next week if the Food and Drug Administration gives emergency approval of the Johnson and Johnson product, state officials said Friday.
West Virginia also gave notice Friday to add independent pharmacies where the vaccines can be obtained in the federal pharmacy program, said James Hoyer, the head of the state joint interagency task force on the COVID-19 vaccines. The inclusion of independent pharmacies will aid in getting more vaccines into people through the community-based approach, he said.
More than 42 percent of residents 65 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine, Hoyer said.