Phones Crash As Health Dept Begins COVID Vaccine Appointments
ASHEBORO NC [ARCHIVED]- High call volumes crashed the county's phone system after the Randolph County Health Department announced it would begin scheduling appointments for Phase 1b, group 1 Tuesday morning.
Since receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Randolph county, Nurses and Paramedics at the health department have been working to get everyone eligible under Phase 1a vaccinated. That includes health care staff working with COVID-19 patients and workers administering COVID-19 vaccines.
The county health department is following a phased vaccination plan set out by N.C. DHHS. The vaccination plan was developed by the state's COVID Vaccine Advisory Committee with guidance from the National Academy of Medicine. In a press release, the county health department s...