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COVID-19 Vaccines to be offered at Local Pharmacy
1/4/2021
Perkin’s Family Pharmacy located inside Mac’s Fresh Market will be offering the first round of COVID-19 Vaccines to Senior Citizens over 70 year’s old.
Initially, these doses will be very limited in supply, but supplies WILL increase over time. The vaccines will be sent to pharmacies that are registered with LINKS, Louisiana’s immunization information system.
People who fall into one of these additional categories – 70 years old or older OR ambulatory or outpatient healthcare workers – must contact the pharmacy 318-428-4344 to make appointments before going to be vaccinated. A list of these pharmacies will be released on the LDH website today at https://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/. Again, individuals in these groups should NOT show up at the pharmacy without an appointment.
Pharmacies were randomly selected but LDH did also apply a health equity lens to make sure these pharmacies achieve adequate geographic and racial/ethnic representation. The Medicine Shoppe expects to be included on the next shipment of vaccines.
Pharmacies that have been selected to vaccinate are receiving VERY limited initial supplies of the Moderna vaccine. In total, we anticipate receiving 10,500 doses; individual pharmacies will receive only 100-600 doses each.
While the majority identified in the Phase 1B, Tier 1 group are not eligible to currently receive the vaccine, they are the next group on deck to begin receiving the vaccine once adequate supplies are received.
When this next group will begin receiving the vaccine is unknown as of right now. Every Tuesday, Louisiana is notified of how many vaccine doses will be shipped to our state the following week and which determines distribution.
