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Coronavirus vaccines will be administered at all three high schools in Moore County on Wednesday.
The local health department is offering shots to students age 16 and older at Pinecrest, Union Pines and North Moore high schools. Vaccination clinics are also scheduled at Pinckney Academy, STARS and The OâNeal School, according to a news release.
âWe understand that it may be difficult for working parents to schedule vaccination appointments for their teen children,â Robert Wittmann, director of the department, said in a statement. âThis helps make it easier for our young people to access the vaccine and we hope that everyone who is eligible will take advantage of this opportunity.â
Long-term care workers were among the first people eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 in Moore County, but many of them have yet to receive shots.
An average of only 49 percent of employees in nursing homes and assisted living communities had been vaccinated as of March 31, according to data shared by the local health department. Some of the lowest vaccination rates were reported at facilities where multiple residents died amid coronavirus outbreaks last year.
The departmentâs data showed that just 26 percent of staff were vaccinated at The Greens, a Pinehurst nursing home that is currently experiencing its third outbreak. Over 100 infections and 15 coronavirus-related deaths are linked to a previous outbreak at the facility.