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NC changes COVID vaccine eligibility, will offer it to everyone age 65 and older Richard Stradling and Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 14 RALEIGH North Carolina will make COVID-19 vaccines available to anyone age 65 and older and all health care workers, regardless of whether they are exposed to coronavirus patients, the state announced Thursday.
The new eligibility rules partially match a change in guidelines announced by the federal government on Tuesday. Alex Azar, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, said vaccinating everyone 65 and older would be simpler and make the process go faster.
Under North Carolina s previous phased system for distributing the vaccine, people age 75 and older were eligible to get inoculated starting last week. Hospitals and counties have been scheduling their first clinics for people in that age group, and so far demand has far outstripped available supply in most areas.