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Where can you get the COVID-19 vaccine near Charlotte? Here are current options. Hannah Smoot, The Charlotte Observer
Jan. 25 North Carolina is currently offering vaccines to health care workers, residents and staff at long-term care facilities and anyone age 65 and up. Here s how to get a COVID-19 shot in Mecklenburg County.
This information will be updated periodically as eligibility and locations change. This story was last updated Jan. 25.
Mecklenburg County Public Health
How to schedule an appointment: Anyone age 65 and older can register for a COVID-19 shot from the county online and through the county s hotline at 980-314-9400.
More info: The county health department is giving shots at the Bojangles Coliseum, by appointment only.
Mecklenburg County to start pop-up vaccine clinics in underserved communities as vaccine supply goes up
Mecklenburg County Health Director Gibbie Harris said the county is working with area-partners to create vaccine pop-ups to provide equitable access to minorities. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 12:15 AM EST January 21, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Minority and underserved communities were hit the hardest by COVID-19 throughout this pandemic. When a vaccine was created, there were questions about whether our underserved communities would have equal access to it.
Currently, county health officials are only giving the vaccine out at Bojangles Coliseum.
However, as the county gets more vaccine, which is happening at a slow pace, health director Gibbie Harris said pop-up vaccine clinics and mass vaccinations will take place at churches and health centers in those underserved communities.