Both Belmont CVS Out of Flu Vaccine But Shaw's Remain Stocked
Demand swamped supply in the past few days as national chain feels the pinch.
The area around the pharmacy in the back of the CVS store on Trapelo Road was packed this afternoon, Jan. 14, with people waiting for their prescriptions to be filled or picking up refills. Then one customer came to the drop in area and asked the pharmacist if they were available to provide her and her daughter with a flu shot. "I'm sorry but we are all out," said the pharmacists, who said later that the store had run out of their supply and did not expect a refill "until the end of the week." Over at the national chain's store in Belmont Center, the news was the same: all out. "Our warehouse doesn't have any left," said a pharmacist who answered the phone. "I don't know what the schedule is for more vaccine coming here," she said. After…
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