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Inside Greensboro s Mass Vaccination Clinic as 500 frontline workers help with a test run The FEMA Mass Vaccination Clinic at the Four Season s Towne Center runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. by appointment only. Author: Adaure Achumba Updated: 10:35 PM EST March 9, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. Greensboro s federal vaccine clinic will open at 8 a.m. on Wednesday to people in groups one, two, and three who have scheduled an appointment. The FEMA site at Four Seasons Town Centre has the capacity to vaccinate 3,000 people a day for eight weeks. That s nearly 170,000 doses just from this one clinic. The clinic is a collaboration between the federal government and the state of North Carolina. Officials said the goal is to help get the vaccine quickly to as many people as possible, especially among under-served and historically marginalized communities.
Greensboro FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Center appointments open Share Updated: 10:38 PM EST Mar 5, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Share Updated: 10:38 PM EST Mar 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript FIRST AT 10:00, COVID-19 VACCINE APPOINTMENTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE NEW FEMA-SUPPORTED MASS VACCINATION CENTER THAT OPENS NEXT WEEK IN GREENSBORO. IT’S ONE OF A HANDFUL OF FEDERALLY SUPPORTED COMMUNITY VACCINATION CENTERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE ONLY ONE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA. WXII 12’S JUSTIN SHRAIR SPOKE WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. KELLY: THE SITE IS EXPECTED TO SERVE ABOUT 21,000 PEOPLE A WEEK FOR 8 WEEKS. IF YOU ARE IN GROUPS 1, 2, OR 3, YOU CAN SIGN UP RIGHT NOW. SETUP IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE 4 SEASONS TOWN CENTRE IN GREENSBORO, IS THE LATEST MASS VACCINATION SITE. THE SITE, WHICH WAS ORGANIZE AND SET UP BY THE STATE WILL STAFFED BY MOSTLY FEDERAL WORKERS. WE WERE EXCITED. IT WAS GREAT NEWS FOR THE STATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THESE FEDERAL SITES IN NORTH CAROLINA TO HELP US GET ADDITIONAL VACCINE INTO OUR STATE AND GET MORE VACCINES IN MORE ARMS QUICKLY. JUSTIN: A 139 PERSON TEAM OF MEDICAL AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL FROM THE U.S. AIR FORCE ARRIVED AT THE SITE ON FRIDAY. THE CLINIC WILL FEATURE AN INDOOR SECTION AS WELL AS A DRIVE THRU AREA. WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE AB TO GET THE SHOT AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS IS A GOOD STEP TOWARD THAT AREA THAT. JUSTIN: KEITH ACREE WITH NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SAYS THIS SITE WILL HELP THEM REACH PEOPLE IN MARGINALIZED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHICH IS A BIG REASON WHY THE CDC AND FEMA SELECTED THIS AREA. EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. WE REALLY HOPE THAT FOLKS IN AND AROUND GUILFORD WHO ARE MEMBERS OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE MUCH ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS CAN COME GET THE SHOT AS WELL. JUSTIN: THE SITE WILL HAVE THE TWO DOSE PFIZER VACCINE, BUT THAT THEY MAY ALSO GET THE SINGLE SHOT JOHNSON & JOHNSO VACCINE TOWARD THE END OF THE EIGHT-WEEK OPERATION, BUT NO MATTER THE VACCINE, ACREE SAYS HE ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO GET VACCINATED WHEN IT’S THEIR TURN. IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SHOT, DON’T PASS THAT UP, DON’T LET THAT GO BY WITHOUT GETTING THAT SHO JUSTIN: TO REGISTER, GO TO GSOMASSVAX
center for those who are not able to access the web-based registration tool. North Carolina is currently providing vaccinations for people in Groups 1, 2, and 3, including frontline essential workers, people age 65 and older, health care workers, and long-term care residents. A team of nearly 140 from the U.S. Air Force will arrive Friday ahead of the opening of the FEMA vaccination site in Greensboro. The federal mass vaccination clinic which is located at the Four Seasons Town Centre opens up on Wednesday, March 10. Appointment booking is now open for the federally supported #COVID19 Vaccination Center at Four Seasons Town Centre in @greensborocity
Photo: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images There’s more good news on the pandemic front today. In addition to the hoped for approval of Johnson & Johnson’s one shot vaccine, North Carolina continues to make headway in rapidly improving vaccine distribution. Today, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina would be home to a new federally supported community vaccination center that will be able to serve very large numbers. This from a press release distributed by Cooper’s office: The FEMA-supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center will open at Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro on March 10 and will remain open for eight weeks. It will operate seven days a week with the capacity to provide up to 3,000 vaccinations per day, with options for drive-thru service in the parking lot and walk-in service in the space formerly occupied by Dillard’s department store.
23 Members of the North Carolina National Guard s Staff Judge Advocate Office began helping prepare and file federal income tax returns at NCNG headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Feb. 8, 2021. The team of six civilian and military tax experts will continue to help until the tax filing deadline, April 15. They will be available by appointment Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 - 9:30 a.m and can assist N.C. Army and Air National Guardsmen, their families, other service branches, and retired service members. The (military) families appreciate the easing of the burden of preparing taxes, said NCNG Capt. Katie Reynolds, the Chief of Legal Assistance with the NCNG s Staff Judge Advocate Office.
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Updated at 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2021 Freezing rain is expected across central North Carolina starting overnight Wednesday. Duke Energy says the winter weather may cause nearly one quarter of its North and South Carolina customers to lose power. School districts across central North Carolina are delaying classes, canceling them or shifting to remote learning due to the threat of severe winter weather. Durham Public Schools and Orange County Schools are among the districts that will be closed tomorrow. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools will conduct remote learning only. Governor Roy Cooper has issued a state of emergency ahead of the storm. The order activates 40 members of the North Carolina National Guard to help with any tree or debris removal.