WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa based Hy-Vee is now offering COVID-19 vaccines in all of its pharmacies in eight states.
It's completed the task by starting vaccinations this week at its stores in Wisconsin.
Hy-Vee has already been offering vaccines in Iowa and Illinois, as well as Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota.
It's using supplies from the state in Illinois, while its part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program in the other states.
“Hy-Vee’s rapid COVID-19 vaccine expansion has allowed us to reach key communities in both urban and rural areas across the Midwest,” said Hy-Vee chairman, CEO and president Randy Edeker. “Leveraging our team of more than 2,700 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, our fleet of Hy-Vee Healthy You Mobiles and our strategic partnerships that we have built with local organizations, we have been able to make great strides in helping protect our communities from this pandemic.”
Hy-Vee has free COVID-19 by appointment only through its website.