We are proud of the role we’ve played in vaccinating those in our service area for COVID-19, having administered more than 8.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to date, including almost 140,000 doses for children ages 5 to 11.
Publix pharmacies have not traditionally been a destination for pediatric vaccines. In fact, of the more than 1 million flu vaccine doses we administered in 2021, a total of only 26 were administered to children ages 4 and under.
Additionally, because of space and capacity constraints in our pharmacies, we do not have privacy rooms equipped to accommodate families with younger children. For these reasons, we made the decision not to offer COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 3 and 4.