Retail pharmacies at eight selected Hen House, Price Chopper and Walmart locations in Johnson County will begin offering a limited number of COVID-19 vaccines through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program in the coming days.
The supply of vaccines through this channel will be extremely limited, targeting residents aged 65 and older who are eligible to be vaccinated in Phase 2 of the Kansas vaccine rollout.
For those reasons, county and state health officials still advise patience for residents waiting for doses.
“It’s just a drop in the bucket compared to what we need,” said Lee Norman, MD, secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
In total, approximately 8,700 doses will be shipped to Kansas for use in more than 30 counties as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. For context, Johnson County estimates that about 150,000 county residents are eligible for Phase 2. (More than 30,000 have already been vaccinated.)
In total, KDHE says nearly 234,000 Kansans – about 8% of the population – have been vaccinated so far.
It is unclear when the exact doses may become available at these pharmacy locations. The CDC says residents who are eligible to be vaccinated should check the pharmacies’ websites for more information.
County health officials said these doses assigned through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program are not distributed through the county health department.
Currently, in Johnson County, all persons 65 and older are eligible to be vaccinated, along with some “high-contact critical workers” such as teachers, emergency responders, and supermarket employees.
These are the 8 Johnson County pharmacies on the state’s list of locations that will receive doses as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program:
- Price Chopper, 4950 Roe Blvd., Roeland Park
- Price Chopper, 12010 W. 63rd St., Shawnee
- Price Chopper, 15970 S. Mur-Len Road, Olathe
- Price Chopper, 2101 E. Santa Fe St., Olathe
- Price Chopper, 7000 W. 75th St., Overland Park
- Chicken Coop, 13600 S. Blackbob Road, Olathe
- Hen House, 6900 W. 135th St., Overland Park
- Walmart, 13600 S. Alden St., Olathe
Additionally, two nearby pharmacies in Wyandotte County are also on the state’s list:
- Hen House, 8120 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kan.
- Price Chopper, 5300 Speaker Road, Kansas City, Kan.