Price Chopper Offering Pfizer Vaccine Boosters

CONNECTICUT — Price Chopper/Market 32 is now giving "qualified" people Pfizer’s COVID vaccine boosters in its pharmacies.

Appointments must be made using the online scheduler at www.pricechopper.com/covidvaccine/.

Price Chopper's Connecticut locations include:

• Southington
• Windsor
• Storrs
• Newington
• Middletown
• Bristol
• Putnam
• Torrington
• Oxford

The Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose can be administered six months after the initial series completion. The federal Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (recommends the Pfizer COVID-19 booster for the following groups:

• Those 65 years or older
• Residents of a long-term care facility
• Those 18 through 64 years of age with underlying medical conditions, meaning one of the following:
• Cancer
• Cerebrovascular Disease
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Dementia or other neurological conditions
• Down syndrome
• Diabetes Mellitus: Type 1 and Type 2
• Heart Conditions (such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies or hypertension)
• HIV
• Overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)and Obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2)
• Pregnancy and Recent Pregnancy
• Smoker: Current and Former
• Sickle cell disease or thalassemia
• Substance use disorders
• Stroke or cerebrovascular disease
• Those 18 through 64 years of age who are at a greater risk because of their occupational or institutional settings, such as frontline workers including grocery workers, health care workers, caregivers for frail or immunocompromised people, people in homeless shelters and people in correctional facilities.

Those who received Moderna or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations are not eligible for a booster dose at this time.

"Price Chopper/Market 32's community pharmacies are pleased to continue doing our part to protect our communities from COVID-19," said Scott Guisinger, Price Chopper/Market 32’s vice president of pharmacy. "We encourage those who qualify for a booster to get one and those who have not yet been vaccinated to do so immediately so they can help protect themselves, their families and their communities."

More information about the Price Chopper/Market 32 vaccine program is available at https://www.pricechopper.com/covidvaccine/.