Health & Fitness
Springfield CVS Now Offering COVID-19 Vaccine
CVS Friday announced 75 new locations across the state that are providing coronavirus vaccines, with the Springfield store among them.
SPRINGFIELD, PA — The coronavirus vaccine rollout is not as speedy as many hoped, but progress is being made thanks to the help of CVS as the company announced 75 locations in Pennsylvania will be offering the vaccine.
Among the locations where the vaccine is being administered is the Springfield store, located at 795 Baltimore Pike.
As of noon Friday, all locations offering the vaccine, Springfield included, were listed as "fully booked" on the CVS website, but customers were being urged to keep checking and make an appointment when one becomes available.
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Nearby, the Havertown, Wayne, Sharon Hill, and Broomall CVS stores are also offering the vaccine.
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In Pennsylvania, people currently eligible for the vaccine include those age 65 or over, health care personnel, people with high-risk conditions and long-term care facility residents and staff.
On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf also announced the rollout of a special program to vaccinate teachers and other school employees via pharmacies in the state.
The Federal Retail Pharmacy Program for COVID-19 vaccines is a collaboration between the federal government, states and territories, and 21 national pharmacy partners and independent pharmacy networks.
According to the CDC, the program is being implemented incrementally based on the available vaccine supply, with select retail pharmacy locations providing COVID-19 vaccine to eligible individuals. As vaccine availability increases over time, the program will expand to ultimately include all 40,000 pharmacies in the United States, the CDC said.
As of Friday, more than 2.6 million vaccine shots had been given in Pennsylvania (excluding Philadelphia, which has its own program). More than 1.8 million had gotten a single dose of one of the vaccines, while more than 826,000 had received both shots, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
For more local coverage on the coronavirus vaccine, visit our Pennsylvania vaccine information page.
Story by Doug Gross
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