![]() How can seniors get an appointment for vaccination? ![]() Health-care workers, first responders and people in other high-risk professions that were in the first phase of vaccinations can also get shots at a pharmacy, but at this point many have already gotten them through their employers.Īs the state's public vaccination eligibility expands - next is residents 65 and older - the pharmacy vaccinations should expand with it. Residents 75 and older are now the target population of the pharmacy vaccination clinics, as well as the locally run and soon-to-open state-run clinics. ![]() Like all Rhode Island vaccinations to date, the pharmacy vaccinations are happening by appointment only, and many residents are still confused about when, how and where they will be able to get a shot. Woonsocket-based CVS is receiving an additional 3,000 doses per week from the federal government, which it is using to expand from two stores - in Providence and Johnston - to another five locations in East Greenwich, Newport, Westerly, Warren, Westerly and Woonsocket. Walgreens is vaccinating at 14 stores in nine Rhode Island communities.īoth CVS and Walgreens are receiving 2,000 doses per week from the state. On Friday, CVS will more than double its vaccinations in the state as it launches a new program with Moderna vaccine provided directly by the federal government. CVS to double vaccine distribution in the state ![]() The DeNunzio family's relief is another step in the slowly expanding COVID vaccination effort in Rhode Island, which saw retail pharmacies begin administering shots to residents 75 and older last weekend. ![]()
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