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UNC, Cape Fear Valley giving 2nd vaccine doses
On Tuesday, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and UNC Health will begin giving frontline workers their second coronavirus vaccines.
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On Tuesday, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and UNC Health will begin giving frontline workers their second coronavirus vaccines.
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER TO EXPLAIN.>> Reporter: THE HOSPITAL REALLY FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC FROM BOTH SIDES. CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER OPENED TWO NEW COVID 19 UNITS AT THE HOSPITAL AND ONE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AT WHAT YOU SEE BEHIND US, A TENT . THAT IS SET UP FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING FOR COVID 19. TODAY, STAFF WILL GET THEIR SECOND DOSE OF PFIZER'S CORONAVIRUS VACCINE WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS SECOND DOSE SHIPMENT WITH DOCTORS AT CAPE FEAR VALLEY HEALTH AND IT ARRIVED FOR COLD STORAGE LAST WEEK. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, PFIZER WAS IN CLOSE CONTACT TELLING THEM THEY WOULD GET THE DOSES IN TIME FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF DISTRIBUTION. THEY DID AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN OUT TODAY. DOCTORS ARE SAYING IT IS ENCOURAGING TO CONTINUE THIS VACCINATION PROCESS FOR THEIR STAFF ESPECIALLY AS A HOSPITALS ARE CONTINUING TO FILL UP WITH MORE COVID 19 PATIENTS. >> AT LEAST WE COULD SEE AN END IN SIGHT, NOW. BUT THAT AND COULD BE THE SUMMERTIME. BEFORE I COULD PUT NO TIME PARAMETERS ON IT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE VACCINE.>> MORE GROUPS WILL CONTINUE TO GET THE VACCINE, IN ADDITION TO THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS CAN IN THE SECOND DOSE TODAY. >> Reporter: OTHER HOSPITALS ARE ON A SIMILAR TIMEFRAME, UNC HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO GOT THE FIRST DOSE WILL GET THE SECOND DOSE TODAY ALSO, DUKE STARTED GIVING OUT THEIR SECOND DOSES ON SUNDAY.>>> TODAY WE WILL GET A BETTER IDEA OF HAVING PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THEIR FIRST DOSES OF THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. THE DASHBOARD WILL BE UPDATED TODAY. THIS COMES AFTER NEWS FROM THE CDC SHOWED NORTH CAROLINA RANKED IN THE BOTTOM 10 STATES