“Based on conservative assumptions, pharmacies have the capacity to meet the demand for 100 million vaccine doses in just one month when that level of supply is available,” Anderson said Wednesday.
At Perrone Pharmacy in Fort Worth, Dr. Marcus Zavala said they invested in three freezers to accommodate both Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines. Their freezers can store thousands of doses, Dr. Zavala said.
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County health departments have launched waitlists for adults 16 years old and over.
You can register to recieve the vaccination in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. Links are below:
Walgreens and CVS have administered only a fraction of the vaccine doses they've been allocated, and state officials question whether they will be able to expand their efforts anytime soon.
Pharmacies hope to administer millions of COVID-19 vaccines in Biden s first 100 days
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-01-14 16:52:52-05
As President-elect Joe Biden gets ready to take office, pharmacies across the country are getting ready to put his administration s vaccine plan into action.
Pharmacies have a goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccines within 100 days of Biden s administration. This sounds like a big feat, but pharmacy and drug store groups say they ve been ready for the task.
Many pharmacies have been preparing since the beginning of the pandemic for a COVID-19 vaccine rollout. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had actually started working on a pandemic plan years ago.
More Americans are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but they may still have to wait for their first shot even as supplies increase. Here's a closer look.
Riverside County vaccine rollout hampered by ineligible people signing up for appointment, health officials say
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) The line of health care workers and those eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine wrapped around the block outside a clinic in Riverside Wednesday morning. Some people said they had to wait for more than an hour and a half. What s the point of making an appointment if we all have to wait in this line, said one Temecula resident whose mother tried to sign up for an appointment online, only to be told she was placed on a waiting list and had to register again later.