Chains prepare pharmacies and staff nationwide for vaccine delivery
Leading pharmacy retailers Walmart and Albertsons Cos. have administered their first coronavirus shots as they ramp up preparation and delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations across the country.
Walmart has begun giving the recently approved Moderna vaccine to health care workers at selected Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs in New Mexico, Dr. Tom Van Gilder, chief medical officer at Walmart, said in a blog post on Wednesday. According to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Walmart is prioritizing health care personnel, including pharmacy staff, for administration of COVID-19 immunizations in Phase 1a of the national vaccine allocation.
Major U.S. companies are lobbying in a scrum for early vaccine
Christopher Rowland, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Jacob Bogage, Abha Bhattarai and Laura Reiley, The Washington Post
Dec. 20, 2020
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Uber and Lyft, which consider their drivers independent contractors, not employees, are making their size and organization a key part of the appeal for prioritization. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Images 2019
Companies across America - from Amazon and Uber to railroads and meatpacking plants - are lobbying states and the federal government to prioritize their workers for early immunization against the coronavirus amid limited supplies of the vaccine.
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Managing Editor Many of the nationâs leading pharmacy retailers participating in the federal government s Operation Warp Speed program are ready to begin administering vaccines, based on priority protocols.
The pandemic may not be over, but the beginning of the end has arrived with the Food and Drug Administrationâs issuance of an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Pfizer-BioNTech for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Data analyzed by FDA showed that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has a 95% effective rate, and the two companies said that they have the ability to manufacture 50 million doses this year and 1.3 billion doses next year. Meanwhile, many of the nationâs leading pharmacy retailers participating in the federal government s Operation Warp Speed program are ready to begin administering vaccines, based on priority protocols.