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More pharmacies join in federal retail pharmacy program, receive increased allocations That s opening up more doses for more people. Share Updated: 10:25 PM CST Mar 9, 2021 That s opening up more doses for more people. Share Updated: 10:25 PM CST Mar 9, 2021
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Show Transcript KETV NEWSWATCH 7 AT 10:00. ROB: MORE VACCINE DOSES MAKE THEIR WAY TO BOTH NEBRASKA AND IOWA TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. I’M ROB MCCARTNE ALEXANDRA: I’M ALEXANDRA STONE. HEALTH LEADERS SAY THE FEDERAL PHARMACY PROGRAM IS EXPANDING, NOW REACHING MORE PROVIDERS, AND MORE PEOPLE IN NEED OF SHOTS. ROB: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S EMILY TENCER HAS THE UPDAT EMILY: ROB, ALEXANDRA. WE KNOW MORE PHARMACIES ARE BEING INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM TONIGH PARTICIPATING PHARMACIES TELL ME THEY HOPE THE EXPANDED DELIVERIES WILL HELP SPEED UP THE PROCESS. AS THE FEDERAL RETAIL PHARMACY PROGRAM SEES AN INCREASE IN DOSES, MORE OPPORTUNITIES ARIS TO HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR SHO DR. POUR: THE
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Brian Caswell, owner of Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs, Kansas, has been eager for his independent pharmacy to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
He bought a specially equipped freezer for storage purposes, certified additional employees to administer vaccines and bought scheduling software to gear up for the push.
“Everybody stepped up to do everything that the CDC asked,” he said. “The only thing that we couldn’t get was vaccines.”
Drugstore giants CVS and Walgreens and big-box stores such as Walmart and Kroger got most of the vaccines from the initial allotment devoted to retail pharmacies, independent pharmacists said.
Local pharmacies say they need more COVID-19 vaccines as CVS, Walgreens ramp up shots Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY
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Brian Caswell, owner of Wolkar Drug in Baxter Springs, Kansas, has been eager for his independent pharmacy to help with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
He bought a specially equipped freezer for storage purposes, certified additional employees to administer vaccines and bought scheduling software to gear up for the push.
“Everybody stepped up to do everything that the CDC asked,” he said. “The only thing that we couldn’t get was vaccines.”
Drugstore giants CVS and Walgreens and big-box stores such as Walmart and Kroger got most of the vaccines from the initial allotment devoted to retail pharmacies, independent pharmacists said.