Myrtle Beach first responders receive COVID-19 vaccine
Myrtle Beach first responders receive COVID-19 vaccine By Katherine Phillips and Brad Dickerson | January 7, 2021 at 10:08 AM EST - Updated January 7 at 7:45 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – The Myrtle Beach City Council received an update on COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the city during a special meeting on Thursday.
According to information presented during the meeting, approximately 35 members of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department and 45 employees of the Myrtle Beach Police Department have been administered the vaccine as of Jan. 7.
Myrtle Beach Fire Chief Tom Gywer is one of those in the department who have been vaccinated by Grand Strand Medical Center. He said those who were vaccinated with him just before Christmas are nearly due for their second dose of the Pfizer shot.
Carolina Forest restaurant collecting cards for local teen battling COVID-19, leukemia Ariel Griffith, a 13-year-old Ocean Bay Middle School student, has been diagnosed with both COVID-19 and leukemia. (Source: Lauren Hocin) By WMBF News Staff | January 6, 2021 at 7:46 AM EST - Updated January 6 at 9:39 AM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) â A local restaurant is collecting Christmas and âget wellâ cards for a Grand Strand teen battling COVID-19 and leukemia.
Ariel Griffith, a student at Ocean Bay Middle School, started having health issues in December. The 13-year-old was taken to Grand Strand Medical Center where she was treated for COVID-19.
But the teenâs mother, Lauren Hocin, said her daughterâs condition worsened and they took her to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston where they ultimately learned she had leukemia.
âNobody has talked to usâ: Frustrations rise as some in Phase 1-A still wait for vaccine information
âNobody has talked to usâ: Frustrations rise as some in Phase 1-A still wait for vaccine information By Madison Martin and Kristin Nelson | January 6, 2021 at 12:54 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 6:39 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) â While thousands of critical frontline workers in the Grand Strand have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, there are still many under Phase 1-A who havenât even received information about how to get the vaccine.
Kelly Galloway, a dental hygienist in Myrtle Beach, is one of those people who didnât realize until this week that she fell under Phase 1-A.
S.C. health officials release spreadsheet on COVID-19 vaccine allocation for first time By Madison Martin | January 1, 2021 at 10:35 PM EST - Updated January 2 at 11:51 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - Friday night, after Governor Henry McMaster called on the department to be more transparent with data the day prior, South Carolinaâs Department of Health and Environmental Control released new numbers on the allocations received and distributed of the COVID-19 vaccine.
A new webpage now exists displaying the number of Pfizer vaccine doses received, the amount administered, and the subsequent utilization rate based on these two numbers for the state of South Carolina.
âCelebrate a small victoryâ: Grand Strand teen off life support following leukemia, COVID-19 diagnosis Ariel Griffith, a student at Ocean Bay Middle School, was diagnosed with leukemia after contracting COVID-19. (Source: Lauren Hocin) By Kristin Nelson | December 29, 2020 at 5:16 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 3:02 PM
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) â A Grand Strand family is celebrating a few small victories as their 13-year-old daughter battles not only COVID-19 but leukemia.
Lauren Hocin has been giving updates on her daughter, Ariel Griffithâs, condition since she got sick a couple of weeks ago.
Ariel, a student at Ocean Bay Middle School, started having health issues. She was taken to Grand Strand Medical Center where she was treated for COVID-19. But according to Lauren, Arielâs condition worsened and they took her to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston where they ultimately learned that Ariel has leukemia.