White House plans to send millions of vaccine doses to retail pharmacies
Posted on AllSides February 2nd, 2021
From The Center
The White House next week will start shipping coronavirus vaccines directly to retail pharmacies alongside ongoing deliveries to states, increasing weekly supplies of shots nationwide to 11.5 million, a top aide said on Tuesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response coordinator, Jeff Zients, said the program will launch on Feb. 11 and will make 1 million doses available to 6,500 stores. As supply grows, the program could expand to as many as 40,000 stores, he said.
Biden said last month that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been a “dismal failure”...