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Walmart stores in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas will sell Covid vaccines – 19 from next week ana, the company reported on Friday.
Vaccines will be administered at Walmart pharmacies to groups that State health officials have considered more needy, so this is not for the entire population, so it is advisable to review who is eligible for the application.
In Texas, for example, only nursing home health workers, residents and staff, the people older than 65 years or persons older than 16 years with chronic diseases can get vaccinated for now.
In New Jersey , people eligible for a vaccine include workers from health, nursing home residents and staff, persons aged 65 years and older, first aid personnel and persons aged 04 years or more with chronic illnesses.
Vaccines will also be available at Walmart locations in Chicago and Puerto Rico. Walmart has already given vaccines in stores in Arkansas, as well as in New Mexico, a Walmart spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch.
Walmart’s move comes as many states are slow to vaccinate residents and President Joe Biden seeks to accelerate implementation. To speed things up the government is inviting major private sector companies to participate, Amazon, Costco, Microsoft and Starbucks have already offered their help to accelerate the pace of vaccines.
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