North Carolina Sees Record COVID Hospitalizations Rise
After two weeks, NC reports 3377 hospitalized with COVID 19 amid rising cases and 13.5 percent test positivity. 6564 deaths total. ICU beds 16 percent available. Nursing association leader Dennis Taylor notes hectic rollout yet vaccines arriving, with 25 to 33 percent of frontline staff delaying shots.
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NMCCL administers Pfizer COVID vaccine to frontline staff
Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune began its inaugural phase of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline healthcare workers over Christmas break. DoD officials cited security for not releasing dose counts while Fort Bragg, Womack Army Medical Center, and MCAS Cherry Point also started vaccinations.
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Top COVID vaccine story of 2020 in Sun Journal
The year closes with the arrival of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, two-dose regimens 21 days apart, and pivotal first injections abroad and in Craven County. It notes Mary Margaret Keenan’s UK first dose, nurse Sandra Lindsay’s U S shot, and local ICU doctor Roy Everett’s December 16 involvement.
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