Southeastern Grocers is preparing to administer 8,100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine throughout Florida, the supermarket company announced Thursday.
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Select Walmart, Sam’s Club, Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más, Harveys and Publix stores will be giving vaccines as part of a distribution strategy announced by the Biden administration.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will partner with Publix, Walmart and Southeastern Grocers to distribute the coronavirus vaccine in Florida starting Thursday.
Southeastern Grocers – which also owns Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and BI-LO – announced it will administer around 8,100 free Moderna vaccines.
Sam s Club, owned by Walmart, will also have the vaccine.
Vaccines are also available at Publix pharmacies across the state. Publix had already been partnering with the state to provide the vaccine at select pharmacies.
Four weeks later, he hasn t received a shot.
Hill, 69, said he s called the county s COVID-19 vaccine hotline at 863-298-7500 to follow-up on his status this week. On Monday, a representative told the couple their appointments were pending, according to Hill, so he confirmed that the cell phone number and email were correct. By Friday morning, he still hadn t been scheduled for an appointment. Why wasn t I called? he said. I don’t care if I get an appointment for middle of February or even the end of February. I’m just afraid we’ve been thrown in a garbage basket somewhere.