Biden to send 1m Covid vaccine doses to pharmacies next week to scale-up distribution

The Biden administration has announced it will be sending one million Covid-19 vaccine doses to some pharmacies in the United States starting next week, to scale-up distribution of the jabs.

These doses would be initially delivered to about 6,500 pharmacies across the country each week beginning 11 February, said Jeffrey Zients, President Joe Biden’s coronavirus czar, on Tuesday during a White House press briefing.

This would be the first phase in Mr Biden’s federal pharmacy programme, which will offer more vaccinations for communities through local pharmacies. The Trump administration first announced in November that the federal government would partner with drug stores to administer Covid-19 jabs, but at the time no vaccines were approved.