CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina continues to ramp up access to COVID-19 vaccines. So far, more than 160,000 doses in the state have been administered, and that includes more than 9,000 people who got both doses.
The number now includes people in Phase 1B, including those over 75, health care workers and long-term care patients and workers.
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But long-term care workers are concerning health officials and the loved ones of residents, because many are not choosing to get the vaccine.
>> In the video at the top of the page, Channel 9′s DaShawn Brown spoke to a woman whose father died of the virus and brother who still lives in a facility that had a cluster. She said she understands it’s not an easy decision to get the vaccine for some.
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