State health officials and the Governor’s Office stated on Wednesday morning that South Carolina residents between 65 and 69 years of age will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday. According to officials, more than 80 percent of the confirmed COVID-19 deaths in South Carolina are individualsRead More
Prisma Health officials announced on Wednesday that they are resuming walk-in vaccination appointments at several sites, after halting them over the weekend due to supply availability concerns. Officials say that walk-in appointments will resume and will continue as long as the supply is available. Upstate locations are the following: KMartRead More
Prisma Health is now offering on-site assistance to those people who are having difficulty with their online COVID-19 vaccine registration. Walk-in appointments are now available to people age 70+ who do not have access to computers or smartphones and then the vaccination at every Prisma Health site except Richland HospitalRead More
Prisma Health’s vaccination site in Greenville opened on Monday, January 18 at 7 a.m. The vaccination site is located at 1 Kmart Plaza, Greenville, SC 29605. Doors open from Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. The Greenville site is one of two Prisma mass vaccination sites opening in South Carolina today. TheRead More
In a news release on Thursday, Prisma Health announced that they aim to provide 10,000 coronavirus vaccines every day starting next week at their vaccination sites. As more supplies become available in South Carolina, Prisma officials said their high-volume community vaccine centers in Columbia and Greenville would further expand accessRead More
On their Facebook page, the South Carolina Department of Environmental Protection reported that their care line is experiencing greater call volumes and wait times than normal. DHEC also added that their team is working quickly to resolve the technical problems and is calling for the public’s patience. Schedule appointment onlineRead More
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina and the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) of South Carolina have announced that any South Carolina resident aged 70 or older, regardless of health status or preexisting conditions, may begin scheduling their COVID-19 vaccine appointment on January 13. “Because we’ve seen aRead More
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare officials announced that due to inclement weather, their drive-thru COVID-19 test sites in Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union counties will be closed today. Below are the following test sites closed on Friday, 8 January: Spartanburg The old Spartanburg Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Dealership 1035 N. Church Street Spartanburg,Read More
The Bon Secours St. Francis Health System has just announced its latest visitation restrictions. Visitor restrictions will be tightened beginning on Thursday, January 7, to ensure the safety of their patients, staff, and health care workers. According to the press release, most patients will be allowed to have one visitorRead More
A federal advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided on Sunday that next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine should be people aged 75 and older and frontline essential workers. It decided by a 13-1 vote that people 75 and older, about 20 million inRead More