Myrtle Beach Publix COVID-19 vaccine appointments fully booked hour after opening
An hour after registration for COVID-19 vaccine appointments opened on Tuesday morning, Publix said locations in Horry and Georgetown county were fully booked.
The supermarket chain Publix announced Monday that three Horry County locations would have appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine appointments were available online only, and no call-in or walk-in appointments could be made, according to the Publix website. Applications opened Tuesday at 6 a.m. They were completely booked an hour later.
Publix did not specify how many doses of the vaccine they would administer or if more appointments would open in the future.
The three Publix locations that will have the vaccine in Horry County are the Prince Creek Village Center at 11920 Highway 707 in Murrells Inlet, Village Shops at Grande Dunes at 7925 N. Kings Highway and Coastal North Town Center at 1576 Highway 17 N. in North Myrtle Beach.
ne Publix store that will offer appointments in Georgetown County: the Pawleys Island Plaza location at 10225 Ocean Highway 17 in Pawleys Island.
The only people eligible to make appointments are health care workers, people over 70, residents and staff of long-term care facilities, and South Carolina state and local government employees and contractors who are critical to the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, according to the website.
This article has been updated to reflect the status of available appointments.
To check for appointments you can visit the Publix South Carolina vaccine website at www.publix.com/covid-vaccine/south-carolina
This story was originally published January 18, 2021 at 2:04 PM.
