{"id":48640,"date":"2021-05-07T21:10:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T01:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=48640"},"modified":"2021-05-07T21:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T01:10:28","slug":"publix-will-offer-walk-in-covid-19-vaccinations-starting-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/05\/publix-will-offer-walk-in-covid-19-vaccinations-starting-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Publix will offer walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations starting Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All Publix Pharmacy locations will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to walk-in customers starting Monday, another indication that inoculations are becoming more easily available to all who want them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customers who are 18 and older will have a choice of the two-dose Moderna and one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Those interested may still also schedule their shots<\/a> online, something the supermarket chain is encouraging people to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walk-in customers should check with their local stores to make sure they have supplies on hand on any given day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vaccinations are free, though customers with health insurance should bring their cards, according to Publix spokeswoman Maria Brous. Those on Medicare should bring their red, white and blue Medicare Part B cards. Customers should also have their driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publix has become one of the largest distributors of COVID-19 vaccines and was the first retail chain in Florida to provide them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis said he chose Publix because the company operates so many stores, making them a more convenient site for seniors who may have trouble getting to designated Department of Health sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So that’s a difference between a centralized site where you try to get as many people through, which logistically can be difficult,” DeSantis said during a January news conference in Cape Coral announcing the expanded vaccination role for Publix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company operates 1,270 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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