NEW ORLEANS —

New recommendations are complicating access to the COVID-19 vaccine as pharmacies restrict access. CVS and Walgreens recently announced changes in how they will administer the vaccine.

CVS told WDSU in an email that doctors’ prescriptions will now be required for COVID-19 vaccines in certain states. This is their full statement: Advertisement

State pharmacy laws govern where we can currently vaccinate. Based on FDA approval, we currently can offer FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines in the following states: AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, ND, NH, NJ, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, and WY. (Prescriptions are not needed.)

Once ACIP acts on the updated COVID-19 vaccines or states take additional action to a

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