S.C.âs top doctor: Stateâs vaccination allotment âinsufficientâ to meet demand
S.C.âs top doctor: Stateâs vaccination allotment âinsufficientâ to meet demand By Morgan Newell | January 19, 2021 at 6:05 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 7:00 PM
YORK COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - South Carolinaâs top doctor calls the stateâs vaccination allotment âinsufficientâ to meet demand.
This is a trend we see across the country. Reports show many states are struggling to keep up with demand. However, the Palmetto state may be having more troubles than others.
Interim Public Health Director Dr. Brannon Traxler has not outwardly commented on the data. She could not confirm it, but did say the allotment is just not cutting it.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday warned of a move to shut down elective surgeries in a bid to free up hospital staff and administer more COVID-19vaccines, according to a report.
The news comes after McMaster penned a letter last week to the South Carolina Hospital Association, asking hospitals to voluntarily lower the number of nonessential procedures amid staff shortages and a rising demand for a faster vaccination pace. Fox News has requested comment from the association. Right now we have doses that have not been given that are sitting on the shelf, McMaster said Monday, per The Post and Courier. That ends. That is over. We’re not doing that anymore . even if I have to order ending elective surgeries in some hospitals to free up staff to give those shots.
âMore vaccine doses are on the wayâ: Graham, McMaster meet with S.C. health leaders on vaccine distribution By Kristin Nelson | January 19, 2021 at 3:47 PM EST - Updated January 20 at 3:44 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) â South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is now getting involved in the effort to get more vaccines to the state.
Graham tweeted on Tuesday that there was a âvery good briefingâ with Gov. Henry McMaster where the South Carolina Hospital Association, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and others provided input on the stateâs vaccine distribution.
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The senator said that providing vaccines to long-term care facilities and those who are at-risk, such as the 70 and older community, remains a high priority.
South Carolina hospitals will be getting “significantly less” COVID-19 vaccines next week, according to officials with the South Carolina Hospital Association.