Prisma Health Tuomey is changing its vaccine location to the much larger Sumter Civic Center. Author: Emily Correll (WLTX) Updated: 5:14 PM EST March 12, 2021
SUMTER, S.C. Prisma Health in Sumter is changing it s vaccine location from Tuomey Hospital to the Sumter Civic Center.
Starting Monday, Prisma will be utilizing the Sumter Civic Center to expand their community vaccine outreach.
Friday, they vaccinated six patients in an effort to run through the process and make sure they were prepared to open their doors.
“So today we had our dress rehearsal, says Rita Halverson with Prisma, We are officially opening up at the Sumter Civic Center starting Monday, March 15. With our dress rehearsal we went ahead and brought in 6 patients and we went through the process itself.”
Around 290 of the one-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccines were given out. Author: Jenna Kurzyna Updated: 6:14 PM EST March 11, 2021
SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. Almost 300 employees at the Continental Tire plant in Sumter, along with some of their family members, got the COVID-19 vaccine during a clinic on Thursday. Some of those essential workers were excited to take their place in line. We re creating the tires getting the vaccine to places it needs to go, right? So, it was just a big thing for us to be recognized as essential personal, Continental Tire warehouse manager Erica Carpenter said.
Carpenter said coming to work during the pandemic was a bit nerve-wracking at times. All of last year and part of this year we ve been struggling and we had anxiety, Carpenter said.