Walmart, Stop & Shop Stores To Offer Coronavirus Vaccine In RI

Newport RI

18 March, 2021

4:59 PM

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NEWPORT, RI — As Rhode Island ramps up its coronavirus vaccine effort, residents now have more options to get their shot. Starting Thursday, certain Walmart and Stop & Shop pharmacies will start offering directly scheduled vaccine appointments, similar to the model used by CVS and Walgreens. Four Stop & Shop pharmacies will offer vaccine appointments to start: East Providence, North Smithfield, Lincoln and Warwick Avenue in Warwick. These sites will offer the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Appointments can be schedule on Stop & Shop's website. Walmart, meanwhile, will offer vaccines at five Rhode Island locations, according to GoodRx. These stores are in Coventry, Cranston, North Kingstown and both Post Road and Bald Hill Road in Warwick. Appointments can be scheduled on Walmart's website. Locations will be added to the company's interactive online map once they become available, according to Walmart's website. Customers are encouraged to check back frequently for more appointments. As is the case with all vaccine sites in Rhode Island, appointments are only available to groups deemed eligible by the Rhode Island Department of Health. At this time, the following groups can get vaccinated in Rhode Island: Teachers, school staff and child care workersResidents aged 60 and olderResidents aged 16 to 64 with certain underlying health conditions Read more: RI Expects To Open Vaccine Eligibility To All Adults April 19RI Seeing 'More And More' Cases Of U.K. Coronavirus VariantNew State-Managed Coronavirus Test Sites Opening In Rhode IslandNew Appointments Coming For Middletown Coronavirus Vaccine Site