Mecklenburg postpones some COVID vaccine appointments due to weather, shipping delays
COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Bojangles Coliseum Thursday have been canceled due to inclement weather and shipping delays, Mecklenburg County leaders said.
COVID-19 vaccine shipments to the county have been delayed, Mecklenburg County medical director Dr. Meg Sullivan told reporters Thursday.
Appointments for Friday and Saturday are still on as scheduled, Sullivan said.
Mecklenburg County is also canceling Thursday COVID-19 tests at the Northwest Health Department at 2845 Beatties Ford Road, the county said on Twitter.
Also Thursday, the N.C. Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said it was notified by the federal government of continued delays in some shipments and deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine this week due to severe weather. Both first and second dose shipments have been impacted.
The state is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccine providers to help minimize the potential effects of these delays.
Other vaccine delays
This is the second time Mecklenburg has reported shipping delays for the COVID-19 vaccines.
On Friday, Mecklenburg said it had not yet received a vaccine shipment for that week, due to inclement weather. The county received the delayed shipment on Saturday.
The county’s waitlist for vaccine appointments is now at roughly 7,000 people, County Health Director Gibbie Harris said on Monday. The majority of those people are educators, Sullivan said.
Educators will be eligible for vaccination appointments starting Feb. 24, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper announced last week.
This story was originally published February 18, 2021 at 10:18 AM.
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