It s just disappointment on top of disappointment | Vaccine problems continue across the Triad
With coronavirus vaccines in short supply to counties and hospitals across the state, some worry they will have to wait months to get their shots. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 11:16 PM EST January 25, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Limited coronavirus vaccine supplies are causing headaches for people trying to get appointments.
Cone Health and a handful of Triad counties will not get vaccine shipments at all this week.
Thousands who thought they had appointments through Cone Health are scrambling to book new ones. Some are finding out they will have to wait longer than they hoped for to get their first dose.
People searching for COVID-19 vaccinations in Forsyth County have had mixed results, whether through the county health department or the two health-care systems.
The Forsyth County Health Department will move its vaccination operations to the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on Sunday, a move that should allow health officials to almost double their rate of vaccinations
Q: My wife and I received our first COVID-19 shot at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health on Highland Avenue. We have been given a date for our second shot for Jan. 29. Will that shot also be given at the health department or someplace else?
B.C.
Answer:Â Because you re getting your shot after Jan. 24, you ll need to go to Education Building at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds, said Daniel Lemons, the environmental health director for the county health department.Â
âAll Forsyth County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) COVID-19 vaccination efforts will be relocated to Education Building at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds as of Jan. 24, he said. If you received your first dose at the FCDPH and your appointment for your second dose is on or after January 24th, you will need to go to the fairgrounds for the second vaccine.â