New Hanover County shifts to walk-in clinics to keep COVID vaccinations going
NHC Health Department now offers walk-up vaccinations By Ann McAdams | April 26, 2021 at 8:01 PM EDT - Updated April 26 at 8:12 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - At one point during the pandemic, New Hanover County’s Health Department vaccinated nearly 1500 people a day for COVID-19. The demand has dropped considerably in recent weeks, so health officials are shifting to a new strategy to get people in the door.
They’ve stopped requiring appointments, and are setting up in convenient locations with lots of foot traffic, hoping to make it really easy for people to get vaccinated. Thanks to that shift, they are still helping hundreds of people a day get vaccinated against the virus. That doesn’t include people getting vaccinated locally at private locations like Wilmington Health and Walgreens.