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ALBEMARLE, N.C. Public health workers in Stanly County are doing everything they can to try to get more people vaccinated. They’re handing out $25 cash cards, hosting vaccine events at churches and working with community paramedics to get vaccines out to homebound people.
The county health department is giving vaccine shots in downtown Albemarle, in the center of the county. But foot traffic outside the health department was slow this week, and a big tent sent up in the parking lot for coronavirus testing was quiet except for the hum of equipment.
“Stanly County is at 35% for the first dose and 32% for fully vaccinated, which is much lower than where we need to be percentage-wise. The health department is still vaccinating people Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday although at a much lower rate than previously,” county public health director David Jenkins said.
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