NCDHHS provides 3-week baseline of vaccine doses for health systems to expect
NC reveals new plan for allocating vaccine doses By Caroline Hicks | January 28, 2021 at 6:59 PM EST - Updated January 28 at 6:59 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Health systems across North Carolina are learning how many doses to expect over the next three weeks.
It’s part of the plan announced by NCDHHS to help give vaccinators the tools to adequately enroll patients for vaccine appointments.
According to the preliminary data, Novant Health gets a baseline of 6825 doses starting next week. That’s a bump up from 5075 doses this week.
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Gaston County will only get 600 doses of COVID-19 vaccine each week for the next three weeks, which will result in fewer vaccinations per week.
As large-scale events vaccinate thousands of people across the state – such as one recently held at Charlotte Motor Speedway – North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services notified Gaston County Health Department Thursday that the county would receive 600 doses per week.
While the state could decide to allocate more doses for Gaston County, the county doesn’t anticipate a significant increase in doses, according to a press release.
“While we are glad to know the baseline amount so that we can plan for these next three weeks, our staff stands ready to vaccinate far more individuals each week,” Public Health Director Steve Eaton wrote in a statement.
More than 600 students and employees at Gaston County Schools tested positive for COVID-19 during the first semester of the 2020-21 school year.
As of the week of Dec. 14, 2020, 650 students and employees contracted the virus at some point during the semester, according to charts provided by the school district.
That total includes 21 COVID-19 cases at the school district central office and seven cases among those in Gaston Virtual Academy.
Aside from the occasional dip, case totals per week within the school district has steadily increased since school began in August.
Gaston County Schools reported a massive jump, from 65 cases the week of Nov. 30 to 119 cases the following week.
Gaston County COVID-19 vaccine registration hotline crashes after hundreds call
Vaccine appointments in Gaston County By Caroline Hicks | January 5, 2021 at 6:42 PM EST - Updated January 5 at 6:42 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - On Tuesday, hundreds of people tried to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine in Gaston County.
Anyone in Phase 1A or Phase 1B Group 1, which consists of people aged 75 and up, are eligible.
The county health department launched a phone number for registration, but so many people called that the system crashed.
The Gastonia Farmer’s Market is set to host 600 people for their first dose of the covid-vaccine on Friday.
Hundreds of people took the next step in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic during a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday.
“It’s a historic moment for our county, for our state and for our nation. This is the moment we’ve been waiting for,” said Gaston County Public Health Director Steve Eaton during Thursday’s clinic.
Gaston County Health Department administered the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to police officers, firefighters, first responders, healthcare workers and other patients who are part of the first phase of vaccine allocation, which the CDC refers to as phase 1A.
Employees of Gaston County Health Department, GEMS and other clinicians filled Gastonia Fire Station No. 5 on Hudson Boulevard. Up to six cars fit in the station’s garage bays, where patients parked and received the vaccine without leaving their vehicles.