Efforts continue to increase the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19.
In South Carolina, the Department of Health and Environmental Control is expanding its Vaccination Homebound Project. It will provide free vaccinations to individuals who are homebound and unable to go to a doctor’s office or vaccination facility.
DHEC Public Health Director Dr. Brannon Traxler, said, “Reaching herd immunity means removing any and all barriers between people and these life-saving vaccines. Our homebound program will help us accomplish that goal by bringing this opportunity to front doors across South Carolina.”
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VHP began as a pilot program earlier this year in Jasper and Hampton counties. DHEC expanded it to all 46 South Carolina counties this week. It will run through December 2021.
To schedule an appointment, individuals can call DHEC’s Vaccine Information Line at 866-365-8110 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. The operator will connect them with a provider who will schedule the appointment.
In Augusta, another vaccination clinic is scheduled at the airport.
Augusta Regional Airport and its partner, Gold Cross EMS, is following up the clinic held on May 17. People who received their first Pfizer shot at the May clinic are encouraged to return for their second shot.
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The clinic will be held Monday, June 7 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Hanger 2 at the airport. That is at 1520 Hangar Rd.
The clinic will also accept individuals who want to get their first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. However, those individuals will need to plan to receive their second shot elsewhere.
Appointments are not required and there is no charge. The vaccinations will be administered on a first come first served basis.
Dana Lynn McIntyre is a Staff Reporter with The Augusta Press. You can reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com.
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