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ELIZABETHTON â The Carter County Health Department administered the first vaccinations with the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 on Monday, providing shots to several first responders.
âThis is another weapon in our arsenal to defeat the pandemic,â Caroline Hurt, director of the Carter County and Johnson County Health departments, said. The Tennessee Department of Health had announced last week that the Moderna vaccines would be shipped to the county health departments this week, and Hurt knew the vaccines would be coming to the Washington, Unicoi and Carter health departments on Monday.
âWe received our shipment about 10:45 a.m.,â Hurt said.
Hurt wasted no time in puttingthe vaccines to work. Several top priority candidates were assembled in the Truman Clark Annex of the Carter County Health Department. Hurt said those included Elizabethton Police Chief Jason Shaw, some firefighters from the Elizabethton Fire Department, some members of the Carter County Resc
ELIZABETHTON â A small industrial plant on the eastern edge of Elizabethton that once was an aluminum extrusion plant for Alcoa and for several other aluminum companies before that may have an important role in the future health of Carter County.
The facility now known as the Matheson Property is being considered to be the site for COVID-19 vaccinations in Carter County. Negotiations are now going on between Matheson representatives and Carter County officials to allow the vaccinations to be administered on the site.
The facility has been vacant for many years, but has been assessed by state and local economic development experts to be the best site in Elizabethton and Carter County for an industrialist seeking a rapid startup. The facility on U.S. Highway 19E would provide lots of room for cars and people waiting to take the vaccine and space to wait while being monitored after taking the shot.