GREENSBORO, N.C. — People 75 and older will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine from Cone Health starting Saturday.
According to health officials, only a few hundred people will be vaccinated a day. Officials said this will allow staff to work through processes as Cone Health prepares for larger scale vaccinations later January.
“We expect the available time slots to fill quickly due to the relatively small number of people we can vaccinate initially,” DeAnne Brooks, Pharm D, chief pharmacy officer for Cone Health said.
According to Cone Health, COVID-19 vaccinations start Saturday at Cone Health’s Green Valley campus at 801 Green Valley Road in Greensboro and are by appointment only, for those 75 and older.
Brooks said Cone Health is working with new data bases that help them coordinate with and contact vaccine recipients should need be.
Health officials said people can be vaccinated Saturday only if they register in advance.
“We are also vaccinating staff and caring for record numbers of people with COVID-19,” Brooks said. “More slots will become available as we add staff to the process and become more familiar with it.”
Health officials said the initial vaccination clinics will run through next week.
Officials said people should expect the vaccination to take up to an hour as monitoring is required after the shot to ensure safety.
“There is no cost to the patient,” read a statement from a Cone Health news release. “However, people with insurance are asked to bring their card.”
Cone Health said a larger scale vaccination effort is expected to begin after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Health officials said people can be vaccinated Saturday only if they register in advance on Cone Health’s website or by calling (336) 890-1188.
According to Cone Health, you do not have to be a Guilford County resident to be vaccinated and the organization will announce additional vaccination efforts in the coming days.
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