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SC governor wants DHEC to reallocate 37k surplus vaccines to other providers VIDEO: SC governor wants DHEC to reallocate 37k surplus vaccines to other providers By Live 5 Web Staff | January 29, 2021 at 4:23 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 5:28 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster wants state health officials to reallocate tens of thousands of surplus doses of the Moderna vaccine. Gov. Henry McMaster sent a letter to Mark Elam with the South Carolina Board of Health and Environmental Control asking that 37,800 COVID-19 Moderna vaccine doses from the federal Pharmacy Partnershi...

SC governor asks DHEC to reallocate 38,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses Gov. McMaster is asking DHEC to reallocate 37,800 doses of Moderna vaccine from the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long Term Care Program to other providers. Author: WLTX Updated: 5:12 PM EST January 29, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is asking the state's health agency to move almost 38,000 vaccine doses away from a long-term care program and toward other providers so more people can get vaccinated. McMaster sent a letter to the South Carolina Board of Health ...

McMaster calls on DHEC to provide more information on COVID-19 vaccine count, locations McMaster calls on DHEC to provide more information on COVID-19 vaccine count, locations By Madison Martin and Kristin Nelson | December 31, 2020 at 3:52 PM EST - Updated January 2 at 11:51 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) – South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has sent a letter to the chairman of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, demanding more information about the COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the state. On Thursday, DHEC provided an update on vaccines, stating that South Carolina has...

McMaster praises health department board’s choice for new leader VIDEO: McMaster praises health department board’s choice for new leader By Patrick Phillips and Caroline Coleburn | December 22, 2020 at 12:08 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 5:39 PM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/WIS) - Gov. Henry McMaster released a statement Tuesday morning shortly after the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control announced their pick for a new director. Board members noted Simmer’s leadership experience and his plan to tackle health disparities in the state’s rural commun...

Elijah Packer, a senior at College of Charleston, gets a COVID-19 test at a S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control pop-up testing site on campus on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. After a months-long search, Dr. Edward Simmer was chosen to lead DHEC and its 3,500 employees. File/Lauren Petracca/Staff By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com Dr. Edward Simmer. File/Provided A career military medical officer was chosen Tuesday to lead South Carolina's public health agency, filling a months-long vacancy amid the biggest health crisis in a century.  The agency's board members v...