Hendersonville Times-News
Recent diversion efforts by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services have caused shortages for some vaccine providers across the state.
Pardee UNC Health Care announced Wednesday that the vaccine allocation for the upcoming week that was originally anticipated will not be received. As a result, first dose vaccine appointments scheduled for the week of Feb. 1 will be rescheduled, according to a news release from Pardee. All second dose appointments will be kept.
NCDHHS has recently shifted a large portion of doses toward large-scale vaccination events, including events at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Bank of America Stadium.
Earlier coverage:
When the Henderson County Department of Public Health began scheduling appointments for the Covid-19 vaccinattion a week ago, it had 1,000 appointments available. All were booked within the seven hours the call center was open.
On Jan. 13 the call center received approximately 19,000 telephone calls for 600 appointments that were still available. With calls overwhelming the phone system, the Health Department expanded the call system on Monday. Henderson County obligates all vaccines within the first 48 hours of receiving them. On Wednesday, Jan. 20, with a new supply of doses in hand and the enhanced call system in place, the Department of Public Health will again begin booking approximately 700 appointments. The call volume is expected to be heavy.
HENDERSONVILLE Jamie Kilpatrick is a registered nurse who works with COVID-19 patients every shift. Her father is at high risk after a recent heart attack and she hasn’t set foot in her parents’ house in more than a year.
Tuesday, she was the second person in line to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Western North Carolina, hoping to give people confidence in the vaccine and help turn the corner on the pandemic that’s spreading at the highest rates ever in Western North Carolina.
“It is definitely a sense of relief,” she said. “Just that it’s available now.”
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HENDERSONVILLE Jamie Kilpatrick is a registered nurse who works with COVID-19 patients every shift in the ICU. Her father is at high risk after a recent heart attack and she hasn’t set foot in her parents’ house in more than a year.
Tuesday, she was the second person in line to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Western North Carolina, hoping to give people confidence in the vaccine and help turn the corner on the pandemic that’s spreading at the highest rates ever in Western North Carolina.