Pfizer/ BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine rollout reaches long-term care facilities

 

• Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) announced today the company has started the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) to residents and staff at long-term care facilities.
• As part of the CDC's Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care Program, the pharmacists will begin the vaccinations at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Ohio and Connecticut, the company said.
• With vaccinations in approximately 800 long-term care facilities across 12 states from next week, the company intends to expand the program to nearly 3M residents and staff at 35,000 long-term care facilities as the states finalize their distribution plans and receive the vaccine shipments.
• Last week, the mRNA-based vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech became the first to receive the emergency use authorization from the FDA.
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