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Guilford, Forsyth among Triad counties giving vaccine incentives As coronavirus vaccination rates drop in the Triad, local health departments are getting creative about how to encourage people to get the shot. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 11:32 PM EDT May 25, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — Free tickets, discounts and even gift cards--those are just some of the incentives COVID-19 vaccine providers are offering for people to get their shots. Fans at Tuesday's Winston-Salem Dash game will get a discount ticket if they get their vaccine at a pop up clinic in the stad...

Hundreds of teens vaccinated in Triad after one week of eligibility while adult age groups progress more slowly Wake Forest Baptist Health infectious disease expert Dr. Christopher Ohl said rural counties have a lower vaccination rate than urban areas. Author: Marissa Tansino (WFMY News2) Published: 12:19 PM EDT May 20, 2021 Updated: 12:19 PM EDT May 20, 2021 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Hundreds of Triad teens have been vaccinated over the last week since the FDA and CDC gave the group the green light to get Pfizer's vaccine.  Healthcare providers ...

Where you can get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the Triad The U.S. lifted the pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Friday. Some Triad vaccine providers are making plans for their supplies. Others are holding off. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 6:15 PM EDT April 24, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — EDITOR'S NOTE: The video attached to this article is associated with a previous story. The nationwide pause on use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID 19 vaccine is lifted and some Triad vaccine providers are preparing to begin giving those shots. Over the l...

Randolph County is also seeing a slow in the time it takes to fill vaccine appointments.  "In the beginning, of course, it was very quickly that we could fill those appointments when we got vaccine, but again we are getting more vaccine in now than we were at the beginning, but we are also finding as of late, maybe the last couple weeks, that it takes longer to fill our appointments," said Randolph County Health Director Susan Hayes.  Hayes said they will continue to follow guidance from the state, but because of the slow down in demand, they're ready to now move into Group 4. 

Hundreds of Rockingham Co. educators given COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at special Sunday clinic Jason Turner, History teacher at Rockingham County High School, was one of the educators who took advantage of the vaccine clinic. Author: Ben Smart Updated: 5:30 PM EST March 7, 2021 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — On Sunday, hundreds of Rockingham County PreK-12 educators from public, private, and charter schools received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccination. The vaccination clinic runs from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Rockingham Community College in Reidsville, NC. It's put on by the Ro...