Vaccinations proceed for healthcare workers and people ages 65 and older at New Hanover County’s MLK Jr. Community Center. The county has the capacity to administer thousands of doses weekly, but was allotted a 300-dose minimum amount from the state for the next few weeks. An additional 700 doses were added this week. (Port City Daily/Courtesy New Hanover County)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY The state’s top health official acknowledged that mega vaccine events were partially to blame for as many as 18 counties receiving no vaccines last week, in a Jan. 26 letter to vaccine providers.
New Hanover County was told to expect at least 300 units weekly for first doses for the immediate future, though public health has the capacity to administer thousands of doses weekly, according to a spokesperson.
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Lots of questions answered about COVID vaccines on WECT s Q&A By Frances Weller | February 2, 2021 at 9:30 AM EST - Updated February 3 at 11:56 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - WECT, along with representatives from Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center hosted a Facebook live forum on the COVID-19 vaccine. The discussion, which will include questions from viewers, is taking place Wednesday at 8 p.m. See below for live link.
The purpose of the forum is to have an open discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine and to address concerns about the safety of the injection.
Joshua Jones, a leading pharmacist at NHRMC will dispel myths that the vaccine contains the virus. Jones, who is African American, will also address the racial disparities as white people are vaccinated at a much higher rate than black people.