![]() ![]() ![]() have received at least one COVID-19 shot and about 9.9% of people have received both doses of the vaccine. About 25.1% of the shots distributed haven't been used yet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is administering the program.Īccording to USA TODAY's vaccine tracker, which is frequently updated, as of Wednesday, about 18.8% of people in the U.S. The vaccines currently are available only at select locations and for eligible populations, which vary state by state.ĬVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger and other major retailers with pharmacies started administering their first COVID-19 vaccine doses in February as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 Vaccination. After previously expanding to New York and Pennsylvania, CVS said it also will administer vaccines in New York City and Philadelphia.ĬOVID vaccine at Target: COVID-19 vaccine now available at over 600 in-store CVS locations at select Target stores across 17 statesĭisney Store closings 2021: Is your closest location holding a liquidation sale? See the store closures list.ĬVS Health President and CEO Karen Lynch said in a statement Thursday that the company is "increasing the number of active stores and expanding to additional states as fast as supply allows." She said the company said it has the capacity to administer 20 million to 25 million shots per month. The new states are: Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah and Vermont. ![]() ![]() The COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out to CVS stores in a dozen more states.Ī day after Target announced CVS pharmacies in more than 600 of its stores were administering vaccinations, the drugstore chain said it is continuing to increase the number of pharmacies offering vaccinations and to expand access to additional states.ĬVS said appointments in the “newly activated states” will start to become available for booking on Saturday, March 13. Those doses are not from the federal program but were redirected from long-term care facilities after the federal government overestimated how many doses would be needed in those facilities, Pritzker has said.Watch Video: Biden: US will have enough vaccines for all adults by end of May Walgreens will be vaccinating at 520 stores, including 339 that will now be receiving doses through the federal government.ĬVS has not been giving vaccines in its Illinois stores, but starting Friday plans to administer about 80,000 doses at four of its Illinois stores outside the Chicago area. Costco is not yet vaccinating at its Illinois stores. Jewel-Osco is vaccinating at 143 of its stores, Mariano’s at 31 stores and Walmart at eight, according to the state health department. In Illinois, Walgreens, Mariano’s, Jewel-Osco and Walmart have been administering vaccine doses for weeks obtained through state and local health departments. The stores initially selected for the program in each state are just a starting point, and eventually, their stores in every state will administer vaccines, according to the CDC. The Illinois Department of Public Health did not immediately respond to a request Thursday for more information about why Walgreens was selected in Illinois and not other pharmacy chains. ![]()
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