Hawaii To Get A Much Smaller Supply Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine - Honolulu Civil Beat
Despite the setback, state health officials say appointments are still widely available at retail pharmacies. Reading time: 6 minutes.
The supply of Johnson & Johnson vaccines to Hawaii is expected to decrease over the next two weeks, state health officials said Friday.
About 21,300 doses are expected by the end of this week, but only 2,600 of the one-dose shot are scheduled to arrive next week, DOH Spokesman Brooks Baehr told Civil Beat.
Still, the state was on track to get a record 90,080 vaccine doses this week from all manufacturers.
The COVID-19 vaccine has been shipped to thousands of pharmacies nationwide, including Camp-Hill based Rite Aid.One million doses were sent in early February, according to the White House.Rite Aid said appointment scheduling began Feb. 12. The locations that have doses will appear on the state s vaccine provider map. In addition to Rite Aid, other pharmacies receiving the vaccine include CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Costco.Federal Retail Pharmacy ProgramThe distribution is part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. The public-private partnership is with 21 national pharmacies, which already offer other types of vaccines.The administration believes providing pharmacies with the coronavirus vaccine will allow better access to neighborhoods across the country. Rite Aid released the following statement as the program kicked off: Rite Aid is proud to partner with the federal government as an inaugural participant in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. Under this program, which beg
All University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will be able to register for a COVID-19 vaccination beginning today, according to a statement from Chancellor Ronnie Green Thursday morning.Â
Students can use an online portal created by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department to enter the vaccine registry. The portal will close at 5 p.m. on April 11, so Green encouraged students to register quickly.Â
Registered students will be notified by LLCHD via email to schedule an appointment when vaccines become available. When students go to the portal, they should select âstudents-higher educationâ and âUniversity of Nebraskaâ and list their local address.Â
As they wait for vaccine doses to be available, students are encouraged to seek a vaccine from another source, including their home counties or pharmacies participating in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. Lancaster County is the only county in Nebraska yet to open up vaccine availability to residents a
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Despite 60 Minutes attempt to push a false narrative that Gov. Ron DeSantis engaged in a pay-to-play scheme with the grocery store chain Publix in the state’s vaccine distribution, the governor and plenty of others have stepped in to correct the record.
On Monday, the governor also published 17 pages of letters that Florida seniors wrote, thanking him for the partnership.
“I never write elected officials, so believe me, you did something right,” Michael wrote on Jan. 7, commenting on how smoothly the process was for his father.
“When we voted for you, we knew that you would lead Florida into the future. Little did anyone know how treacherous that future would be,” William wrote on Jan. 13. “The hurricanes were child’s play compared to how you have led the nation in dealing with the spread of the virus, the reopening of businesses and now the vaccine distribution. You are a champion for Florida…”