COVID-19 vaccine arrives at UNC Lenoir Health Care
Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp)
The first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine arrived at UNC Lenoir Health Care Thursday morning, and some staff say they are not nervous about taking it.
A fairly small box arrived at the hospital around 9:30 a.m. and was placed in a room on the first floor near the pharmacy department. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services grouped UNC Lenoir in Phase 1a for healthcare workers to receive the allocated 975 doses first.
UNC Lenoir pharmacy director Dale Hardy and pharmacy operations manager Jessica Cunningham are among a few of the front line employees who will take the vaccine on Thursday around 3 p.m. They both said they feel comfortable taking the vaccine to develop immunity to COVID-19.