ORLANDO, Fla. – Publix on Monday began accepting walk-ins for the COVID-19 vaccine. The company still recommends scheduling a vaccination appointment “to ensure the preferred vaccine is available.” Vaccination appointments can still be made at publix.com/covidvaccine.
Publix offers the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna vaccines, so vaccinations at those pharmacies are only available to people age 18 and older.
All 730 Publix pharmacy locations in Florida offer the vaccine. The move comes less than a week after President Joe Biden called for states and pharmacies to make vaccines available on a walk-in basis.
That call comes as demand for the coronavirus vaccine is waning across the U.S., especially among younger populations. At the same time,