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<\/p>\nWashington, DC… As the U.S. surpasses 26 million COVID-19 infections, President Biden took additional steps today to implement his comprehensive National Strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. These steps include increasing the vaccine supply to states, Tribes, and territories and increasing funding to jurisdictions to help turn vaccines into vaccinations. And, the President announced that starting next week, the first phase of the federal pharmacy program will launch and select pharmacies nationwide will start offering vaccinations for their communities.<\/p>\n
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States, Tribes, and territories will receive a 5 percent supply increase this week, and Americans will soon have easier access to vaccinations through local pharmacies<\/p>\n
As the U.S. surpasses 26 million COVID-19 infections, President Biden took additional steps today to implement his comprehensive National Strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. These steps include increasing the vaccine supply to states, Tribes, and territories and increasing funding to jurisdictions to help turn vaccines into vaccinations. And, the President announced that starting next week, the first phase of the federal pharmacy program will launch and select pharmacies nationwide will start offering vaccinations for their communities.<\/p>\n
These new steps will help meet the President\u2019s goal of administering 100 million shots in 100 days and expand access to vaccines to more Americans in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
The President is taking the following actions today:<\/p>\n
Expanding Vaccine Supply: Building on last week\u2019s announcement, the Biden-Harris Administration will increase overall, weekly vaccine supply to states, Tribes, and territories to 10.5 million doses nationwide beginning this week. This is a 22% increase since taking office on January 20. The Administration is committing to maintaining this as the minimum supply level for the next three weeks, and we will continue to work with manufacturers in their efforts to ramp up supply.<\/p>\n
Launching First Phase of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 Vaccination: As part of the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s efforts to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines, starting on February 11, those eligible for the vaccine will have the opportunity to be vaccinated at select pharmacies across the country through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 Vaccination. This program is a public-private partnership with 21 national pharmacy partners and networks of independent pharmacies representing over 40,000 pharmacy locations nationwide (listed below). It is a key component of the Administration\u2019s National Strategy to expand equitable access to vaccines for the American public.<\/p>\n
As the first phase of this program launches, select retail pharmacies nationwide will receive limited vaccine supply to vaccinate priority groups at no cost. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) worked with states to select initial pharmacy partners based on a number of factors including their ability to reach some of the populations most at risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Americans should check their pharmacy\u2019s website to find out if vaccine is available as supply will be limited in the initial phase. More information is available at cdc.gov\/covid19.<\/p>\n
Increasing Reimbursements to States: Central to the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s COVID-19 National Strategy is ensuring states, Tribes, territories, and jurisdictions have the resources they need to defeat the virus. That\u2019s why, in his second day in office, President Biden directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fully reimburse states for the cost of National Guard Personnel and emergency costs. Today, President Biden is announcing that the administration will go even further, retroactively reimbursing states fully for FEMA-eligible services \u2013 including masks, gloves, emergency feeding actions, sheltering at risk populations, and mobilization of the National Guard \u2013 back dated to the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020. This reimbursement is estimated to total $3-5 billion and is only a small share of the resources that states need to fight this pandemic \u2014 including for testing, genomic sequencing, and mass vaccination centers. To fully support states, Tribes, and territories\u2019 needs to contain the pandemic and vaccinate their populations, President Biden is requesting $350 billion from Congress in American Rescue Plan.<\/p>\n
Participating Federal Pharmacy Partners (not all will be active in every state in initial phase)<\/p>\n
Chain Pharmacies
\n\u2022 Walgreens (including Duane Reade)
\n\u2022 CVS Pharmacy, Inc. (including Long\u2019s)
\n\u2022 Walmart, Inc. (including Sam\u2019s Club)
\n\u2022 Rite Aid Corp.
\n\u2022 The Kroger Co. (including Kroger, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, Fry\u2019s, Ralphs, King Soopers, Smiths, City Market, Dillons, Mariano\u2019s, Pick-n-Save, Copps, Metro Market)
\n\u2022 Publix Super Markets, Inc.
\n\u2022 Costco Wholesale Corp.
\n\u2022 Albertsons Companies, Inc. (including Osco, Jewel-Osco, Albertsons, Albertsons Market, Safeway, Tom Thumb, Star Market, Shaw\u2019s, Haggen, Acme, Randalls, Carrs, Market Street, United, Vons, Pavilions, Amigos, Lucky\u2019s, Pak n Save, Sav-On)
\n\u2022 Hy-Vee, Inc.
\n\u2022 Meijer Inc.
\n\u2022 H-E-B, LP
\n\u2022 Retail Business Services, LLC (including Food Lion, Giant Food, The Giant Company, Hannaford Bros Co, Stop & Shop)
\n\u2022 Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. (including Winn-Dixie, Harveys, Fresco Y Mas)<\/p>\n
Network Administrators
\n\u2022 Topco Associates, LLC (including Acme Fresh Markets, Associated Food Stores, Big-Y Pharmacy and Wellness Center, Brookshire\u2019s Pharmacy, Super One Pharmacy, FRESH by Brookshire\u2019s Pharmacy, Coborn\u2019s Pharmacy, Cash Wise Pharmacy, MarketPlace Pharmacy, Giant Eagle, Hartig Drug Company, King Kullen, Food City Pharmacy, Ingles Pharmacy, Raley\u2019s, Bel Air, Nob Hill Pharmacies, Save Mart Pharmacies, Lucky Pharmacies, SpartanNash, Price Chopper, Market 32, Tops Friendly Markets, ShopRite, Wegmans, Weis Markets, Inc.)
\n\u2022 CPESN USA, LLC
\n\u2022 GeriMed (long-term care and retail pharmacies)
\n\u2022 Good Neighbor Pharmacy and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation\u2019s pharmacy services administrative organization (PSAO), Elevate Provider
\n\u2022 Health Mart Systems, Inc.
\n\u2022 Innovatix (long-term care pharmacies)
\n\u2022 LeaderNET and Medicine Shoppe, Cardinal Health\u2019s PSAOs
\n\u2022 Managed Health Care Associates (retail and long-term care pharmacies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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