Of all the first doses we ve given, 55% were from Black and African American population and 22% were from our 27610 ZIP code. And that s what we were challenged with vaccinating, said Michelle Davis, vaccine coordinator at Advance.
At the same time, Friday evening, a panel of FDA advisors, doctors and scientists were voting unanimously to recommend There is a shortage of vaccines currently authorized. And I think authorization will help meet the needs of the moment, said advisory panel member Dr. Archana Chatterjee in her explanation of her vote to endorse the vaccine.
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RALEIGH (WTVD) At first glance, the COVID-19 testing site at Southeast Raleigh s Sanderford Road Park seems like all the others: the big tents and workers cloaked head-to-toe in PPE. But what makes this test site different is the workers behind those masks and face shields. They re teenagers Raleigh high schoolers, who are also residents here on the city s southeast side that is currently being ravaged by the coronavirus. Every day somebody dies from it and I just want to help the community, said Shanaya, a 9th grader at Broughton High School. She s seen the alarming metrics about the