Publix recently announced that they will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines at 60 of its in-store pharmacies in South Carolina. Publix’s online booking system opened for people in Phase 1A on Friday morning for appointments from February 22 to Feb. 26. Eligible recipients can begin scheduling an appointment by visiting publix.com/covidvaccine.Read More
The Prisma Health system announced on Tuesday that they are receiving “extremely limited vaccine supplies.” this week. Prisma’s spokesperson said the hospital system is unable to schedule any new fist-dose appointments this week due to the limited vaccine supply. Prisma also added that some vaccine sites may have the possibilityRead More
Many Prisma Health Upstate vaccination sites are changing its operating hours and will open at noon on Mondays. The shifting of the operating hours will begin on Monday, February 8. In a news release on Sunday, the Prisma health system says the schedule changes acts as a buffer against possibleRead More
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
The city of Clemson is providing free COVID-19 saliva testing to everyone in the Upstate region through collaboration with Clemson University. The tests include a small sample of saliva in a tube from each patient at the Nettles Park location. The test result has a 90% accuracy and can beRead 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
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