The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine has officially reached North Carolina. The state received over 83,000 doses of the newly-approved vaccine. Many Triad health departments didn't receive shipments of the vaccine, but some did. Guilford County received 2,000 doses of the new vaccine this week, while Forsyth County received 9,000 doses. It's unclear why Guilford County received fewer doses of the shipment when the county's population size.
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Health officials said there are 80,000 people age 65 and up in Guilford Co and only a small fraction of those people have gotten their first vaccine dose.
Novant Health officials say they are monitoring the emergence of new COVID-19 variants amid ongoing vaccination efforts. The Guilford County Department of Public Health confirmed its first case of the B.1.1.7 variant of the coronavirus over the weekend. The mutation, which originated in the U.K., is considered significantly more contagious. Novant Senior Vice President Dr. David Priest noted the variant is projected to become the dominant form of the virus in the U.S. by March.