Patients will receive the second dose of the two-shot drug in four weeks.
Brunswick County Health Services has received 200 doses of the vaccine from the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services, which has also delivered to Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center and the New Hanover County Regional Medical Center.
Pursuant to state order, the vaccine will be rolled out in four phases. It is currently in Phase 1A, which includes health care workers at high risk of exposure and long-term staff and residents of group facilities.
“Following the State’s vaccination plan for Phase 1a, Brunswick County’s first shipment(s) of doses went to health care workers providing direct care to COVID-19 patients and/or who are treating COVID-19 related symptoms,” said a county release. “Vaccine supplies will be limited at first, which is why independent state and federal public health advisory committees determined that the best way to fight COVID-19 is to start with vaccinations for those m
A 68-year-old resident of North Brunswick was struck by a vehicle when she tried to cross Route 1 ar Deans Lane in South Brunswick at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday night.
Deborah Smick’s vehicle had become disabled in the Wendy’s Restaurant parking lot on Route 1, so she called a North Brunswick towing company. The company picked up her vehicle and brought it across the highway to a gas station. Smick was walking across the highway when she was struck by a 2016 Honda CRV driven by a 63-year-old Staten Island man.
Several witnesses reported that the traffic signal was green for Route 1 traffic when Smick began to cross the road. Investigators believe Smick may have been distracted as she began to cross the highway. The driver of the Honda who hit her stayed on the scene and cooperated with investigators, police said.