Raleigh, NC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has informed state health officials that winter storms in the US are likely to delay the weekly transmission of coronavirus vaccine in North Carolina.
State Department of Health and Human Services officials said they are working with vaccination providers to reduce the disruption.
Halifax County officials said they were canceling the vaccinations on Wednesday because they had not received doses to give shots.
“Once we receive the vaccine, we will allow everyone scheduled to be pre-screened for the first possible vaccination date. At this time, we do not know when we will be able to receive the vaccine,” Halifax County officials said in a statement.
Fort Bragg officials also halted planned vaccinations Wednesday because there was also no vaccine available.
The impact on Wake County’s planned vaccination clinics at PNC Arena in Raleigh was not immediately known.
The clinics are scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, when 4,300 shots will be fired. Officials said 3,325 doses came from the Department of Health’s weekly allocation, and the other 975 came from the WakeMed allocation.
The shots will be delivered by appointment only, and provincial officials have contacted people on the vaccination waiting list to give appointments.
More than 2,000 people were vaccinated against coronavirus last Thursday and Saturday at clinics outside PNC Arena.
According to DHHS, more than 1.8 million vaccinations have been administered in North Carolina since mid-December. This means that 12 percent of all North Carolinaers received at least one of the two required doses, and that 5.4 percent were fully vaccinated.