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Arizona pharmacists can now administer updated COVID-19 vaccines without a prescription due to a state standing order.

The order followed an executive action by Gov. Katie Hobbs to broaden vaccine access.

Arizonans ages 6 months and older are now eligible for the vaccine.

With a standing prescription from the Arizona Department of Health Services, pharmacists in the state now have the green light to give updated COVID-19 vaccines without requiring a prescription.

The standing prescription came about as a result of an executive order issued Sept. 11 by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, who said she wanted to broaden access to the new vaccines after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowed the definition of who would be eligible for them.

The FDA eligibi

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