Biden administration to start delivering COVID-19 vaccines directly to select pharmacies

The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
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The U.S. government will start sending COVID-19 vaccines directly to select pharmacies beginning next week, President Biden's administration has announced.

Jeff Zients, Biden's COVID-19 response coordinator, said Tuesday the federal government will begin the first phase of this program on Feb. 11 and deliver one million vaccine doses a week directly to about 6,500 pharmacies around the country, Bloomberg reports. Offering vaccines to Americans in pharmacies is a "key component" of Biden's national COVID-19 strategy, Zients explained.

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Brendan Morrow

Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.