Vidant Health has received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Vidant received 3,900 doses of the vaccine, which will be administered to frontline team members across the system.
Vaccinations began today, the health system said in a statement, and are being given as starting today, as outlined by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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In Phase 1, the following Vidant team members and other community health care providers will be among the first to be offered the vaccine: Health care workers and first responders who are caring for a COVID or “very likely” COVID patient and those highest at-risk for infection or severe illness.
“The vaccine offers incredible hope for our healthcare workers, families, friends, neighbors and the world,” said Michael Waldrum, CEO of Vidant Health. “While this is a monumental step in overcoming the pandemic, we do not yet know when the vaccine will be available to the broader community. It remains vitally important that the community helps us stop the spread now by wearing a mask, social distancing and washing hands often. We need your help.”
The health system said it has full confidence in the products that have come to market and highly advocates that the public get vaccinated when the vaccines are available to the general public.
Furthermore, Vidant said it is ready and available to partner with state agencies as plans for vaccine deployment evolve over the next few months.
