COVID vaccine clinics nearly empty as lines return to testing sites

Last week, North Carolina averaged 12,833 coronavirus vaccinations per day. At the peak of vaccine distribution in the state, the state distributed around 100,000 doses a day.

Nurses in Wake County say they see about 50 people each day at vaccine sites to get their shot, when before they would normally see at least 300 daily.

WRAL News reporter Leslie Moreno drove to three different COVID-19 vaccination sites on Wednesday and found them mostly empty.

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Health officials said they believe there will be an increase in people getting vaccinated in the next few weeks, now that the Delta variant of coronavirus is spreading.

Fourteen-year-old Austin Greene, who's about to start high school, is among the few who decided to get his shot on Wednesday in Wake County.

Greene said he waited until July to get vaccinated because he first had to check with his pediatrician. He had a vaccine reaction as a child and wasn't sure if he could get vaccinated against coronavirus.

"I was a little bit worried because of all the side-effects and stuff they said could happen," Greene said, adding that his fear of getting COVID-19 was greater than his fear of possible vaccine side-effects.

Down the street from the vaccination site on Departure Drive in Raleigh, cars were lined up filled with people who needed a COVID-19 test.

"If people continue to get [vaccines] when they can it will keep getting better," he said.