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 The companies, which run the nation's largest pharmacy chains and
offer other offsite pharmacy services, have agreed with the federal
government to vaccinate nursing home residents across the country
through a voluntary program.
Walgreens said it plans to administer the vaccine to about 3 million
residents and staff in 35,000 long-term care facilities. The company
said it would provide vaccinations in about 800 long-term care
facilities across 12 states in the coming week.
CVS did not say how many people would be given the vaccine on
Friday, but that it is administering them at a "handful" of
long-term care facilities in Connecticut and Ohio. Its national
rollout also begins next week in 12 states.
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 The companies told Reuters last
week that they will start administering a
vaccine made by Moderna Inc about a week after
they begin their national rollouts.
(Reporting by Manas Mishra and Dania Nadeem in
Bengaluru and Richa Naidu in Chicago; Editing by
Shounak Dasgupta and Maju Samuel)
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