COLOMBIA, SC (AP) – Eight mass vaccination posts for COVID-19 will open in rural South Carolina in the next few days.
Majority leader in the US House of Representatives, Jim Clyburn, and officials from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control say the free locations in Hampton, Allendale and Bamberg counties will be open to anyone aged 18 and over.
The sites will be in the Clyburn district. The Democrat has defended rural vaccination clinics, saying that communities in these areas have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
No consultation is necessary and consultations will be scheduled for the second dose. All locations will be open from 10 am to 6 pm on the designated days.
Four sites in Hampton County will open on April 6, 8, 12 and 13. Two sites in Allendale County will open on April 15 and 16, and two more in Bamberg County will operate on April 19 and 20.
Officials say more than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed in South Carolina.