Nearly all of South Carolina\u2019s 750 long-term care facilities will be visited by pharmacists by month\u2019s end to offer COVID-19 vaccine shots to residents most vulnerable to dying of the disease, health officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, hospitals are stepping up their efforts to vaccinate everyone else eligible in the first phase \u2014 which newly includes several thousand parents of medically fragile children \u2014 even as appointments for doses continue to exceed statewide supply.<\/p>\n
Gov. Henry McMaster has warned repeatedly this week that if hospitals don\u2019t get doses in arms faster, he\u2019ll suspend their money-making elective surgeries so they can focus their efforts on vaccine distribution. As of Tuesday, major hospitals had more than 50,000 doses left on hand to administer.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n #South_Carolina<\/a> Hospitals pick up #COVID<\/a> #vaccination<\/a> efforts, but available doses can\u2019t come close to meeting demand: https:\/\/t.co\/7nX3F8QfsL<\/a><\/p>\n — Raymond DuBois (@Rndubois) January 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n