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By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Fort Bragg, N.C. Soldiers lined up in Womack Army Medical Center on Thursday to get their first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The hospital on Fort Bragg got its first shipment of Pfizer s vaccine through the Department of Defense on Tuesday and quickly put it in ultra-cold freezers for storage. As soon as the truck hit the back door, we are trying to move the product from the back door to the freezer in less than five minutes, said Darrell Hamilton, vaccine distribution manager at Womack.
The first doses were given to front-line medical workers on Tuesday, and they are now administering the vaccine to others. Fort Bragg is responsible for vaccinating about 250,000 soldiers, family members, federal civilian employees and retirees.
Updated December 18, 2020 6:59 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
The Armed Forces YMCA on post provides food, clothing and other services for families in need. We saw a lot of families in need, said Michelle Baumgarten, Fort Bragg YMCA director.
Rachel Szabo lost her job as an interior designer earlier this year. Her husband is in the 82nd Airborne Division. The couple is expecting their first child next week. Szabo says the YMCA food bank has helped the family get through some very tough financial times. I usually come once a month to pick up groceries, and it s a variety of different things, she said.
Updated December 16, 2020 6:18 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Fayetteville, N.C. Advocate volunteers in Cumberland County help rape survivors at the hospital and to navigate the legal system after an attack.
But caution about the pandemic led the board of directors for Rape Crisis of Cumberland County to decide not to enter hospitals, making it for advocates to give that help. The board cited the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state in making their decision. Domestic violence is up,” Executive Director Deanna Gerdes said. “Sexual assault is up. And they seem to be more violent than what they were before Covid. About two weeks ago, they made the decision to pull us back out because the numbers were rising.
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