![]() ![]() “Due to the expected demand for booster shots in our pharmacies, the availability of on-site vaccination clinics at facilities will be determined by local resources,” Prinzing said in an email. CVS Health’s 9,800 pharmacy locations have been offering those eligible for additional and booster shots appointments, first administrating Pfizer upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s approval and now working in Moderna. The CDC estimates this makes up about 3% of the adult population and includes those who have been receiving active cancer treatment or an organ transplant in recent months, for example.īooster shots, on the other hand, are for individuals who had a strong immune response but are experiencing mild waning of their protection as time elapses.Īccording to Monica Prinzing, senior communications consultant at CVS Health, the chain’s long-term care pharmacy is currently supplying skilled nursing and residential care facilities with vaccines for administration by their own providers. ![]() SANTA CRUZ - Vaccine clinics for additional and booster shots are well underway at congregate living and medical settings across Santa Cruz County, the Sentinel learned this week.Īdditional shots, according to the CDC, are for certain demographics that may not have had a strong enough immune response to truly fight off COVID-19 from their first two doses. ![]()
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