The Cumberland County Health Department has suspended its two coronavirus testing sites so staff can turn their full attention to scaling up vaccination efforts.
OUTBREAKS, FALLS BACK TO PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED VISITORS FOR 28 DAYS. >>> COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SPENDING TESTING SITES TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING ABILITIES TO PROVIDE THE VACCINE. WRAL REPORTER , LIVE OUTSIDE OF WALGREENS IN FAYETTEVILLE WERE TESTING IS AVAILABLE. GILBERT. >> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, GERALD, THIS IS THE WALGREENS AT RAMSEY AND GREENSTREET, TALK WITH A MANAGEMENT HERE, HE STARTED DOING TESTING TODAY. ACROSS THE STREET THE CVS BEEN DOING COVID-19 TESTING FOR SOMETIME NOW. RIGHT NOW THE HEALTH OF DORCAS AS THE FOCUS IS ON GETTING THE VACCINE OUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED. HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS IS EXPANDING COVID-19 TEST SITE DIRECTOR TESTING IS BEEN CONDUCTED TWICE A WEEK AT CLIFFDALE ROAD AND SECOND MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ON OLD WILMINGTON ROAD. HEALTH DIRECTOR, DR. JENNIFER GREENE, ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS PROTESTING AT PLACES LIKE CVS AND WALGREENS. GREEN SAYS THE DECISION TO SUSPEND COUNTY RUN COVID-19 TESTING AT THE TO TORCH LOCATION STEMS FROM MANPOWER ISSUES. IN ADDITION TO COVID-19 TESTING HER TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACT TRACY. >> THE SAME TEAM THAT IS DOING THE VACCINATION, AND MAINTAINING OUR NORMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SERVICES AS WELL. >>> IN ORDER TO PULL THAT OFF HER STAFF HAS TO BE ABLE TO SHIFT AROUND RESOURCES AS NEEDED. RIGHT NOW, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS COMING UP WITH A PLAN TO GET THE PFIZER VACCINE OUT OF FREEZERS AND INTO THE ARMS OF THOSE WHO NEED THE MOST. >> WE ARE ANTICIPATING WILL NOT BE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW THERE ARE LARGE NUMBER PEOPLE THAT WILL NEED VACCINATIONS. AND TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE, TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT I WANT TIME COULD PROVE SOME CHALLENGES. >>> TESTING AND LOCATION OF DRIVE-BY THE WINDOW TO GET THOSE COMING UP AT 5:00, MORE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE. HERE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
