WADESBORO — Atrium Health announced a plan to prioritize rural areas as the first to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Atrium will be among the first in the Southeast region to be receiving the newest approved COVID-19 vaccine, according to a press release from the hospital on Dec. 21. Three Atrium facilities in rural areas will be prioritized as some of the first to receive the vaccine, including Atrium Health Anson. The other two facilities are Atrium Health Stanly and Atrium Health Kings Mountain. The initial shipment of the Moderna vaccine to Atrium Health includes 1,000 doses. Atrium Health’s frontline healthcare workers will be of the first to receive the vaccine.