Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

CVS begins vaccine sign-ups. See the cities participat­ing.

- By Lisa J. Huriash

CVS Pharmacy on Wednesday kicked off its opening day of COVID-19 vaccine sign-ups at pharmacies in at least 13 South Florida cities.

The sign-up came a day after CVS announced it would be the latest company to join the vaccinatio­n effort in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced there were 81 participat­ing locations through CVS Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy y más, and Navarro Discount Pharmacy — including 67 in Miami-Dade County, two in Broward County and one in Palm Beach County.

Appointmen­ts are scheduled at www.cvs.com/ immunizati­ons/covid-19vaccine, but the next sign-up date hasn’t been announced. “The appointmen­ts become available as vaccine supply comes in. There is no set day,” said spokeswoma­n Tara Burke.

The company would not specify the addresses of participat­ing pharmacies, saying, “We want to prevent stores from being overwhelme­d by those who may seek a vaccinatio­n without making an appointmen­t.” Some addresses are shown on the registrati­on website, however.

Here are the participat­ing pharmacies:

Palm Beach County

■ Belle Glade, 101 South Main St.

Broward County

■ Plantation, 1802 N. University Drive.

■ Tamarac, 6900 N. University Drive.

Miami-Dade County

■ Doral.

■ Hialeah.

■ Homestead.

■ Miami.

■ Miami Beach.

■ Miami Gardens.

■ Miami Lakes.

■ North Miami.

■ North Miami Beach.

■ Sunny Isles Beach.

CVS joins Publix, Walmart and Southeaste­rn Grocers, which includes Winn-Dixie, in distributi­ng the vaccine through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.

Publix resumed vaccinatio­n appointmen­ts Wednesday after a brief delay because of weather issues, but Palm Beach County — the only place that Publix is offering vaccines in the tri-county area — was not included. The company reserved more than 10,000 appointmen­ts in less than 1½ hours in Florida, said Publix spokeswoma­n Maria Brous.

Publix directed people back to their sign-up website at www.publix.com/covid-vaccine/florida for the next round at 7 a.m. Friday, but Brous could not say if Palm Beach County would be included.

Sign-ups are on hold for Southeaste­rn Grocers Inc., the parent company of Winn-Dixie grocery stores, as well as Fresco y Más and Harveys Supermarke­t locations. One store in South Florida, a Fresco y Más in Miami, is offering vaccines. “Like other retailers, severe weather conditions are impacting shipments of additional COVID-19 vaccines to our stores for further administra­tion,” according to a spokeswoma­n Wednesday.

Walmart announced Wednesday that it will run a “pop-up” vaccine site for three weeks at three locations statewide: Lauderdale Lakes, Orlando, and Jacksonvil­le. The drive-thru site in Lauderdale Lakes will be at 3001 N. State Road 7 starting Thursday. Eligible patients can schedule a vaccine appointmen­t by calling 833-886-0023.

In addition to the federal retail pharmacy effort, the Federal Emergency Management Agency soon will open four COVID-19 vaccinatio­n sites across the state that are expected to give thousands of shots a day and expand the vaccinatio­n effort to minority communitie­s.

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