Mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Durham on hold
Durham County Health Director Rod Jenkins said the state is not supplying enough vaccines to the county to support the site.
Posted — Updated“It’s not the best news that we want to hear, but I’m confident that when supplies become a little bit more robust that it is going to go back on," Jenkins said, adding that planning has only been paused.
The state of North Carolina, which currently receives 145,000 first doses of coronavirus vaccine each week, said supply from the federal government is coming in too slowly.
"We certainly will look at mobile testing, but it will depend on the number of vaccines we receive," said Jenkins. "There's not so much that we can do with 1,300 doses."
Jenkins said that, while the state does give an opportunity to get additional doses for events, it must be pre-planned and presented.
"You have to present it for consideration for additional vaccine and it's not guaranteed," he explained.
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