Folks in Blacksburg may have noticed the town’s pharmacy has moved, but it didn't go far.

While people across the country struggle to register for a vaccine dose at those large retailers, locally-owned Blacksburg Pharmacy has been vaccinating at least 100 people a week. The pharmacy gets a mix of its own orders of vaccine but also takes any doses the New River Health District may not be able to distribute. The pharmacy gets a mix of its own orders of vaccine but also takes any doses the New River Health District may not be able to distribute. “That should allow that Health District to prioritize patients better, because if one store isn’t getting as much vaccine as another as you might leave a patient behind who’s more eligible,” Puckett said. Puckett said the pharmacy expects to start getting more doses next week.

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – If you need to register for the coronavirus vaccine but don’t have internet access, local pharmacies are stepping in to help. Christiansburg and Blacksburg Pharmacy are offering to register people for the vaccine. With most callers struggling to navigate online or having no internet access, the pharmacy is offering a private sit-down or a phone session to get people on the list. “At the end of the day, a lot of these are our patients and this is our community,” Quinones said. Christiansburg Pharmacy will receive its first shipment of vaccines in about two weeks.