So far, just 9 percent of those receiving the vaccine have been Hispanic and 6 percent have been Black, according to CDCEven among health care workers, the first group to get the vaccine, whites were disproportionately vaccinated more than Blacks and Hispanics, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
After using pharmacies to target low-income areas, delivery through retailers is expected to be scaled up nationally once more shots are available. Albertsons grocery store, for instance, said it has the ability to administer 150,000 doses a day and handle about 90 percent more supply than it has received. CVS said its 10,000 stores will have the capacity to give 5 million to 6 million shots per week, but they are receiving just 500,000 doses a week now.
Administration officials said this month that they will be shipping 1 million vaccine doses directly to 250 federally funded community health centers, which serve hard-to-reach groups such as homeless people, migrant workers and public housing residents. And he acknowledged that in some instances, people from outside the communities have been scheduling appointments, Slavitt said.
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