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Alabama saw a 31% jump in COVID vaccines last week, now slowed by supply
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
Large-scale COVID vaccination sites like this one at the Hoover Met Complex opened across Alabama in early February 2021.UAB Media Relations
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For one beautiful week, Alabama’s drive-thru vaccine clinics operated so smoothly, you’d think they also offered waffle-cut fries.
“People were commenting that we had a Chick-Fil-A type process,” said Maegan Austin, spokeswoman for Vaughan Regional Medical Center, which ran a drive-thru clinic in Selma that gave out its entire allotment of 5,000 vaccine doses in less than three days.
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From the West Alabama newsroom–
The COVID vaccination clinic in Selma ended two days early after health officials there administer their five-day supply of the Moderna vaccine in just three days.
Five thousand people took advantage of an opportunity to protect themselves from COVID-19 at a drive thru vaccination clinic this week in Selma.
Vaughan Regional Medical Center coordinated the event.
J. David McCormack is the Chief Executive Officer at the Vaughan.
“The state selected 8 different communities. We were one. And their goal was to deliver 5000 vaccines, 1000 a day for five days. Fortunately, we were able to deliver all 5000 by Wednesday evening,” said McCormack.
Alabama doesn’t have enough vaccine to keep drive-in clinics running
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Healthcare workers stand by to give COVID-19 vaccination shots as people drive by Memorial Stadium in Selma on Feb. 8, 2021. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)
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Mass vaccine sites in eight cities across Alabama combined to give more than 76,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week as the state looked to surge its delivery.
But some of those sites may not open at all next week, or will operate at a lower capacity than they did this week.
Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said Friday that the state doesn’t get allocated enough doses every week to supply those drive-thru clinics at the same rates, and that some of the sites may choose not to run the drive-thru clinics next week.