WEST DES MOINES, Iowa Hy-Vee, Inc. announces Thursday that COVID-19 vaccine is now available at all of the company's more than 270 Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations across its eight-state region. This week, Hy-Vee began vaccinating in its eighth state, Wisconsin, through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.Prior to expanding into Wisconsin, Hy-Vee was already a partner of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota, receiving vaccine supply directly from the CDC. Hy-Vee is also vaccinating in Illinois using vaccine allocated from the state."Hy-Vee's rapid COVID-19 vaccine expansion has allowed us to reach key communities in both urban and rural areas across the Midwest," said Randy Edeker, Hy-Vee's chairman, CEO and president. "Leveraging our team of more than 2,700 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, our fleet of Hy-Vee Healthy You Mobiles and our strategic partnerships that we have built with local or
Previously, Hy-Vee had been a national partner in the federal program in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota, receiving COVID vaccines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The food and drug retailer said it’s also administering COVID shots in Illinois with vaccines supplied by the state.
“Hy-Vee’s rapid COVID-19 vaccine expansion has allowed us to reach key communities in both urban and rural areas across the Midwest,” Chairman, CEO and President Randy Edeker said in a statement. “Leveraging our team of more than 2,700 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, our fleet of Hy-Vee Healthy You Mobiles and our strategic partnerships that we have built with local organizations, we have been able to make great strides in helping protect our communities from this pandemic.”
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