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On Tuesday, local officials responded to urging by state and federal authorities to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. While New Hanover County vaccination sites have not been affected, UNCW s did pause its campus clinic until further notice.
New Hanover County received the recommendation on Tuesday morning from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine out of an abundance of caution, while the CDC and FDA review rare cases of blood clots as a result of the vaccine.
To read the county’s full statement on that, go here.
By Scott Nunn, posted About 3 hours ago
A New Hanover County employee receives a COVID-19 vaccine last month. The health department said it would not be immediately affected by a nationwide pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Photo courtesy of New Hanover County)
The nation’s massive vaccination effort hit a snag Tuesday when, citing safety concerns, two federal health agencies called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Officials at the CDC and FDA are reviewing six cases in which a rare and severe type of blood clot developed after the person received the J&J vaccine, which, unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, requires only one dose.
NHC reports no increase in deaths from COVID-19 during the past week More than 200,000 flags were planted in Washington in November to represent the number of people killed by COVID-19 in the US - a number that has since surpassed half a million (Source: Cronkite News) By WECT Staff | March 31, 2021 at 5:45 PM EDT - Updated March 31 at 5:45 PM
NEW HANOVER, N.C. (WECT) - New Hanover County reported no additional deaths from COVID-19 over the past week despite 415 new cases being reported. To date, 17,772 people have tested positive for the virus in NHC and 163 people have died.
No increase in the number of deaths from COVID-19 over the past week marks the first seven-day period since October 23, 2020, that no additional deaths from the virus were reported of county residents.
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Village Pharmacy of Hampstead has a waitlist for its leftover doses of vaccine for people who can show up to get a shot on the fly. (Port City Daily/Courtesy of Village Pharmacy)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. A small community pharmacy in Hampstead is making sure it gets every last drop of the vaccine into people’s arms with the help of a waitlist.
Ten doses of vaccine come in one Moderna vial, according to Ashley Rogers, an advanced certified pharmacy technician at Village Pharmacy of Hampstead. Once thawed, the product is only “good” for six hours – but sometimes appointments end up as no-shows, leaving a chance for that valuable vaccine to go unused.