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WADESBORO The Anson County Health Department continued with accepting vaccination appointments after catching up on a backlog of residents waiting for the Moderna shot.
On Jan. 28, the health department announced a temporary hold on residents scheduling appointments to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. There was about 1,200 residents on a wait-list, but the health department was only receiving 100 first doses of the shot.
Atrium Health Anson aided the health department on catching up with appointments. The hospital transferred 300 first doses to the health department last week and an additional 300 this week, according to Health Director Fred Thompson.
The assistance from Atrium Health allowed the health department to start accepting new registration forms for those in Groups 1 and 2.
WADESBORO Vaccinations continue to arrive in Anson County as residents who are 65 years or older may now receive their COVID-19 shot.
Atrium Health Anson started vaccinating employees with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 12 as one of three prioritized rural areas in North Carolina.
Atrium Health announced being one of the first in the Southeast region to receive the Moderna vaccine, pledging to focus on giving this shipment to rural hospitals outside of Charlotte including Stanly, Kings Mountain and Anson.
This shipment of vaccines will be first used for Atrium’s front-line healthcare workers before vaccinating patients or Anson residents.