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After weather delays, New Hanover County received a backlog of doses from last week as well as a hefty shipment for this week. Teacher vaccinations begin Wednesday. (Port City Daily/Courtesy New Hanover County) NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Following a week in which extreme weather disrupted the Covid-19 vaccine shipping process, New Hanover County received substantially more vaccines from the state than in recent weeks. The surplus includes 1,000 doses that should have arrived last week. As many as 2,340 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be used to schedule appointments this week in the county. Fed...

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 Hano...

Vaccine administrations will continue Thursday and Friday in New Hanover County. All available appointments are booked. Next week the county will pivot to comply with new statewide guidelines, requesting counties to commence with vaccinations of all individuals 65 and older. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy New Hanover County) NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Change-ups in the vaccination process this week have trickled down from federal to county levels. The floodgates of eligibility are widening and additional medical care providers are joining the frontline grind.  Aligning with guidance from Ralei...