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Craven County Health Department has addresed its growing patient population with new office staff, more providers, and an expansion at the Havelock Health Department site.
Many questions surrounded the Craven County Board of Education on Thursday when they lifted the school mandate for the first time since the pandemic began.
Craven County is setting up clinics in out-of-the-way places so the underserved community can get their vaccine stick.
Consider it a shot in the arm for those who are having a harder time getting into the city for their shot in the arm.
Several clinics in outlying areas of the county have been set in Harlowe and Cove City, while Vanceboro could see a clinic of its own. The Harlowe one runs 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the community center on Godette School Road, but it’s too late to sign up: Health Director Scott Harrelson said that 80-to-90 seniors will get their vaccines over the course of the day.
The only question is, when? And maybe, where.
County health departments say they have plans in place for how distribution will take place when their time comes.
The Pfizer vaccine was expected to be approved on December 10th when the FDA met to consider its emergency use application; when that approval comes North Carolina is expected to receive upwards of 85,000 doses that will be used for Phase 1 vaccinations – that is, to frontline healthcare workers, nursing home workers, and nursing home residents.
That sounds like a lot of vaccines, but it’s got to be divided across the state, and its targeted audience includes a statewide healthcare force of 276,020 and 36,148 residents in certified nursing facilities – that, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and KFF.org.