Publix will not be offering COVID-19 vaccines to children younger than 5, a spokesperson for the supermarket chain told Fox 13 Tampa Bay on Wednesday.
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as young as 6 months last week, but Florida-based Publix will not be offering the Moderna and Pfizer shots to children younger than 5. A spokesperson for the supermarket, which is headquartered in Lakeland and has nearly 1,300 locations across the southeast, confirmed the news to Fox 13 Tampa Bay on Wednesday. , which was the only state not to preorder vaccines from the federal government in anticipation of them being approved for toddlers.
A spokesperson for CVS told Fox Business that the pharmacy's MinuteClinics are offering Pfizer's vaccine to children 18 months through four years of age.
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