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Midlands health care professionals receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine Thousands of doses were delivered to Columbia area hospitals Tuesday morning Dec 15, 2020 6:16 PM EST LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — It’s been nine months since South Carolina’s first reported COVID-19 case, but on Tuesday, a COVID-19 vaccine has been administered for the first time in the Midlands. Medical professionals at several Midlands hospitals received their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday afternoon, marking what could be a major turning point against the pandemic.  Like hundreds of nurses across Sou...

Lexington Medical Center begins COVID-19 vaccinations Lexington Medical Center begins COVID-19 vaccinations By Caroline Coleburn | December 15, 2020 at 1:13 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:26 PM WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Nearly 50 Lexington Medical Center employees received the first COVID-19 vaccine doses Tuesday afternoon. LMC says UPS delivered 2,925 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the hospital campus in West Columbia at 9:30 Tuesday morning. According to the hospital, the vaccine doses arrived in a box packed with dry ice that included GPS tracking and a thermometer to mo...