Nursing home residents and staff were among the first people eligible for coronavirus vaccine shots, but some advocates and family members of residents say the process isn't moving fast enough.
KEEP IN MY DAY CLUSTER IS AT LEAST FIVE CASES OF CONFIRMED COVID-19 OR MORE. BACK TO YOU. >>> TAKE A. STAY NUMBERS CONTINUE TO SHOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES URGENTLY NEED PROTECTION FROM THE VIRUS. WHILE CASES IN THE FACILITIES ONLY MAKE UP 6% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER IN WILL NORTH CAROLINA THEY ACCOUNT FOR 46% OF THE DEATHS. THESE FACILITIES WERE THE FIRST TO START RECEIVING THE VACCINE. HOWEVER MANY STILL HAVE NOT HAD THEIR TURN. SARAH KRUEGER SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHOSE MOTHER IS IN A POSITION. SHE TURNED HIS LIFE FROM NORTH ROXBORO STREET WITH THIS. >> Reporter: CVS AND WALGREENS ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR VACCINATING PEOPLE, STAFF, AND RESIDENTS AT LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES NATIONWIDE AMY FISHER THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH TODAY SAYS SHE HAS TRIED EVERYTHING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS FOR HER MOTHERS FACILITY. SHE CONTACTED THE GOVERNOR, SHE CONTACTED HER STATE SENATOR. NOW, SHE FEARS IT'S TOO LATE. AMY FISHER WAS ADVOCATING EVERY DAY FOR HER MOTHERS CHAPEL HILL LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY TO GET THE VACCINE. >> I HAVE BEEN UPSET AND ANGRY . >> Reporter: JANUARY 4th, SHE GOT TERRIBLE NEWS. HER MOTHER TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND IS STILL RATTLING THE VIRUS >> MY FEARS CAME TRUE. SO, I KNOW I AM NOT ALONE. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER FAMILIES IN THE SAME POSITION . >> Reporter: AT THAT IS WHY SHE CONTINUES TO FIGHT. RIGHT NOW, FISHER SAYS HER MOTHERS FACILITY IS SCHEDULED TO GET THE VACCINE FROM CVS ON JANUARY 26. SHE SAYS THAT IS NOT SOON ENOUGH. >> THERE IS A STAFF MEMBER WHO I REALLY ADORE. SHE WORKS WITH AND 9-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER AND SHE GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF MY MOTHER. SO, I FEEL LIKE A HORRIBLE . >> Reporter: WALGREENS AND CVS WROTE A STATEMENT THAT THERE VACCINE TIMELINE IS ON SCHEDULE. CVS SAYS THERE ARE 900 LONG- TERM HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT IT WILL SERVE, HAS COMPLETED 487 CLINICS WITH 238 MORE SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT WEEK. AS NORTH CAROLINA OPENS UP VACCINATION SITES TO A BROADER POPULATION, DHHS SECRETARY DOCTOR MANDY COHEN STRESSES THAT THAT DOES NOT IMPACT THE SCHEDULE FOR THOSE IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. >> THOSE ARE ALREADY HOOKED OUT, THOSE ALREADY ALLOCATED, NOTHING SHOULD CHANGE FOR THEM GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. >> Reporter: CVS SAID THE STATE DICTATED WHAT TYPES OF LONG- TERM CARE FACILITIES THEY WOULD GO TO FIRST. CVS SAYS IT'S PRIORITIZING THE MOST AT RISK PATIENTS.
