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Sarah Cooper, RPh, administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot to Katina Currence, a CAN, Thursday. Both are employees at Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center.
ELKINS Nursing homes in Randolph County are receiving doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and one facility began administering vaccinations Thursday.
The vaccine arrived at Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center at 7 a.m. Thursday, as part of Gov. Jim Justice’s vaccine distribution plan.
A total of 75 ERCC residents and 40 staff members were vaccinated Thursday, officials said. Four pharmacists and a pharmacy technician from Mace’s Pharmacy in Philippi delivered the vaccine supply to ERCC and prepared it for administration, officials said. ERCC nursing administrative staff administered the vaccinations to residents and staff members.