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By Clare Grant | 1/29/21 6:13pm

On Monday, Jan. 18, an Alamance County Health Department worker goes through the pre-screening with those who are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at the Career and Technical Education Center in Burlington, North Carolina. The health department vaccinates about 200 people who are 75 and older by appointment only. They are doing a mix of both Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and on this day the Pfizer vaccine was given.

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