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Health professionals slam Walgreens and CVS for 'fiasco' vaccine rollout to nursing homes

CVS and Walgreens have come under fire from local officials for the slow rollout of their vaccinations program to nursing homes.

As of January 14, around a quarter of the 4.7 million doses allocated to the companies had been administeredIn statements to the network, the companies insisted they are still on track to have the first round of the two-phase vaccine completed by January 25.The director of one LA County chain of nursing homes, Dr. Karl Steinberg, told CNN: "It's been so much worse than anybody expected. That light at the end of the tunnel is dim.

Mississippi's State Health Officer Dr Thomas Dobbs described the partnership between the pharmacy giants and the federal government as a "fiasco." President Donald Trump's administration left the coordination of the vaccination's overall rollout to states,

 

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