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But supply didn t last long at one store at least.
Elaine Sanders of West Bay, a senior with stage four cancer, said she was unable to get the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday because the Publix in Panama City Beach ran out of doses.
In fact, all available COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Publix have been claimed. Additional appointments will be announced as Publix receives more inventory.
For Sanders, it s imperative to her health that she be vaccinated soon. Sanders, who visited the Publix in the Breakfast Point Marketplace in PCB, said a store official told her about noon that all 300 doses sent by the state were already claimed.
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He did not say for how many days.
It wasn t long after the Publix online appointment registration became available Wednesday that this message appeared on the sign-up page: All available COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Publix Pharmacy have been claimed. Additional appointments will be announced as Publix receives more inventory.
The next batch of vaccines could arrive Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, according to an employee at a local store who on Friday was manning the table where those lucky enough to have gotten an appointment were still receiving shots.
Publix’s political action committee contributed $100,000 to Gov. Ron DeSantis PAC in December, a month before he promoted vaccinations at Publix stores.