WakeMed, now set up as a mass vaccination site, aims to immunize seniors
WakeMed is looking to vaccinate people 75-and-older.
LOOK AT THAT, THE GROWING MEMORIAL OFFICER BRIAN SICKNICK WHO LOST HIS LIFE DUE TO INJURIES SUFFERED DURING THE RIOT. >>> THE COVID-19 CRISIS CONTINUES, VACCINE MEGA SITES OPENING THROUGHOUT THE U.S. GOVERNOR COOPER ANNOUNCE 10 MASS VACCINATION SITES IN NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING ONE AT WAKE MED. JULIAN GRACE JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE TO KNOW. WE FOUND AN ALARMING STATISTIC FROM THE CDC THAT STATES NORTH CAROLINA IS THE 10th SLOWEST ESTATE GETTING VACCINATIONS OUT. THAT IS WHY WAKE MED AND OTHERS ARE MAKING A STRONG PUSH TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED. THIS IS THE TRAFFIC JAM ONE VACCINE CAN CREATE. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A DRIVE-THROUGH COVID-19 VACCINE SITE. SOME LIKE SOMETHING-YEAR- OLD JOHN ARE EAGER TO HEAR HIS NUMBER CALLED. >> I'VE REALLY BEEN HOPING TO GET IT SOON BECAUSE I KNOW IF I GOT IT IT WOULD LIKE ME OUT. >> Reporter: WAIT IS ONE OF 10 VACCINATION SITES IN THE STATE. ALL 10 SITES OPERATIONAL INTO THE NEXT WEEK AND WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD TO 45,000 ADDITIONAL VACCINATIONS PER WEEK. ON TOP OF THOSE ALREADY ADMINISTERED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HOSPITALS. HERE IS HOW IT WILL WORK IT WAKE MED, IT MUST BE BY APPOINTMENT, YOU HAVE TO BE 75 OR OLDER AND MUST TELL YOUR PRIMARY PHYSICIAN YOU WANT THE SHOT. >> REACH OUT TO MY CHART, PHONE CALL AND GET APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED. EACH INDEPENDENT PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE OUT THERE WITH WHOM WE ARE WORKING WILL HAVE IT. >> Reporter: UNC AND ORANGE COUNTY CLINICS WILL HANDLE MASS VACCINATIONS AND WAKE MED AND OTHERS. WAKE MED HAD 1100 SENIORS SIGN UP. EVERYONE THAT SIGNS UP MUST HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. >> WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A SUPER SPREADER EVENT. WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON HAVING THIS BE AN ORGANIZE STRUCTURED APPOINTMENT ONLY VACCINATION CLINIC. >> Reporter: SOME LIKE HIM WHO IS A VETERAN HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE VACCINE ON THE 19th FROM THE VA. HE REMAINS WORRIED FOR THOSE IN HIS CATEGORY YET TO RECEIVE A DATE. >> PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO ARE CONCERNED IT WILL BE SUMMER BEFORE THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE. >> Reporter: YOU CAN HEAR THE CONCERN OUT THERE. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW UNC SAYS THIS WILL BE A MASSIVE PROJECT SO THEY HAVE SEVERAL JOB OPENINGS RIGHT NOW TO HELP WITH THAT VACCINATION PUSH. THEY ARE USING EXISTING EMPLOYEES AT THIS POINT TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE HOLES. >> COUPLE INFORMATION.
