Dunn, NC – The Harnett Health System will host the first mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic for key group 3 workers on Friday.
The clinic will operate from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the City of Dunn Community Center at 205 Jackson Road.
According to officials, the Harnett health system has administered 14,000 vaccines since March, hosting mass clinics each week. Friday’s clinic will be the first clinic open to all front-line workers in Group 3. Organizers hope to vaccinate at least 3,000 people in a single day – double the number of vaccines usually given at their clinics.
See who is eligible for a group 3 vaccine.
Car and walking services will be available and appointments are not required. The clinic will be run by Harnett Health System Hospital staff and medical and medical students at Campbell University.
“I will feel that it will give me a little more reassurance and more relief – more comfortable than I am now,” said 70-year-old Oscar Rodriguez, who showed up before 5:30 to wait for the second dose. of vaccine.
“In a very gloomy and depressing year, it’s nice to have a glimmer of hope with these vaccines,” said Harnett Health President Cory Hess. grandchildren, again, so things are going well. “
According to Hess, although there are still a significant number of COVID-19 cases at Harnett Central Hospital, the totals are not nearly what we had in January.
People who are unable to get vaccinated on Friday can visit a clinic at Western Harnett High School in Lillington on Wednesday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.