COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina information

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has an online tool to help North Carolinians know when they will be eligible to get their vaccine. The Find My Vaccine Group walks users through a series of questions to determine which vaccine group they are in. People can then sign up to be notified when their group can get vaccinated. The following groups are the order that NCDHHS is recommending counties vaccinate in.The state is currently vaccinating Groups 1 through 4(a). Group 4(b), which includes students living in dorms and other essential workers, will be eligible on March 31. All other adults will be eligible on April 7.Health care workers, long-term care staff, long-term care residentsAdults 65 and olderFrontline essential workers(a) Adults at high risk for exposure and with increased risk for severe illness, (b) all other essential workers and students living in dormsEveryone elseMore information about COVID-19 vaccines and finding a distribution event can be found by clicking here.North Carolina coronavirus vaccine helpline: 1-888-675-4567 North Carolina vaccine information for college students:Here is information on how to get a vaccine in the Piedmont Triad: Alamance County: Alamance County’s Health department vaccinations are by appointment only. To make an appointment, call 336-290-0650.———————-Cone Health is encouraging Hispanic people to get the coronavirus vaccination by adding hours and Spanish-speaking staff to its current Burlington clinics and creating a support clinic to the Greensboro FEMA site.Cone Health, FEMA and NCDHHS will help at the clinic at the CityGate Dream Center, located at 1423 N. Church St., starting on Friday, March 19. This site will be a support clinic for the Greensboro FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Center. This CityGate clinic will receive about 1,200 doses each week for the next seven weeks.The clinic hours will be:Fridays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.Mondays from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.Spanish-speaking staff will schedule appointments through the Hispanic Federation. The phone number for Spanish speakers to register for an appointment is 336-890-3792. ———————–Beginning Monday, March 1, Link Transit will begin operating the Vaccinate Alamance Shuttle from the Worth Street Transfer Hub to the new Vaccinate Alamance Clinic at 2401 Eric Lane, Unit 100 in Burlington.The shuttle and any Link Transit rides to connect to the shuttle will be free of charge. Click here for more information.Alleghany County: AppHealthCare asks anyone interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of which priority group they’re in, to fill out their Vaccine Interest Form or call 828-795-1970. When eligible, county health officials will make contact to schedule an appointment.Caswell County: The Caswell County Health Department is following the NCDHHS guidelines of starting vaccinations for people 65 years and older.Interested individuals may call the health department at 336-694-4129, choose option 5, to add your name to the list for an appointment.Davidson County: The Davidson County Health Department has appointments available March 29, March 30 and April 5 at the Davidson County Health Department and April 1 at the Davidson County West Campus. Anyone who wants a vaccine and meets the age requirements can make an appointment by calling 336-236-3096 starting March 29 at 10 a.m.————-Davidson County Department of Senior Services is offering free transportation to COVID Vaccination appointments in the county.To be eligible for transportation, individuals must be a Davidson County resident, age 65 and older, and have an appointment for a vaccination scheduled. To schedule transportation, call at the scheduling line, at least 48 hours prior to appointment at (336)242.2947.This number is for transportation to appointments only, not to schedule a vaccination.Individuals that need to schedule a vaccination should call the Davidson County Health Department COVID-19 Appointment line at (336) 236-3096.Davie County: Davie County Health and Human Services vaccine eligibility is for people 65 and older or frontline healthcare workers. Forsyth County: The Forsyth County Public Health Department is opening another set of vaccination appointments for the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds at 8 a.m. Sunday.Appointments can be made online here or by calling 336-360-5260. To avoid long hold times from the high volume of calls that are expected, callers will hear a prerecorded message and their number will be put in an automatic queue, and they will receive a call back from Public health staff.All vaccination appointments with Forsyth Public Health will take place at the Fairgrounds’ Education Building located at 414 Deacon Boulevard, and attendees should enter off Deacon Boulevard. Vaccination is by appointment only. ——————— Wake Forest Baptist patients may call 336-702-6843 to schedule vaccination appointments. No walk-ins are accepted.Updated information is also available through patients’ “myWakeHealth” accounts and click here. The hospital plans to add online scheduling capabilities in the near future.If appointments are full, the hospital will continue to add appointments and locations depending on the amount of vaccine allotted to them by the state. The hospital is only scheduling appointments that they can accommodate based on their vaccine supply.——————–Novant Health and Winston-Salem State University are a “spoke partner” of the Greensboro FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Site for the next eight weeks.WSSU will receive 1,200 doses each week to ensure doses to marginalized communities.Every Saturday for the next eight weeks, Novant Health will host a clinic for about 600 doses. The other doses will be used at community events and the Hanes Mall site.———————-Novant Health added appointments for Saturday, March 27, at the Hanes Mall location in Winston-Salem for anyone in Groups 1 through 4. To schedule an appointment, click here.Guilford County: Guilford County is scheduling vaccine appointments for those eligible in Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4. To schedule an appointment, click here or call 336-641-7944 (Option 2) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Vaccine clinics are being held at:Mount Zion Baptist Church – 1301 Alamance Church Rd., GreensboroHigh Point University Community Center at Oak Hollow Mall – 921 Eastchester Dr., Suite 1230, High PointGreensboro Coliseum – 1921 W. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro Walk-ins are not allowed. ———————– To schedule vaccination appointments through Cone Health, click here.Cone Health is scheduling people in Group 4 starting Thursday, March 18.People without internet access or email accounts can call 336-890-1188 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. for assistance.———————Appointments are available for individuals in Groups 1, 2 and 3 at the federally-supported vaccination center at the Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro. Appointments can be made online at GSOmassvax.org or by calling 1-888-675-4567.The site, Community Vaccination Center, which plans to operate seven days a week for eight weeks, would be capable of administering about 3,000 shots a day, and up to 21,000 doses a week.The Community Vaccination Center will also feature options for drive-thru service in the parking lot and walk-in service in the space formerly occupied by Dillard’s department store.To reach more marginalized and underserved communities, the main vaccination center at Four Seasons Town Centre will support additional sites and mobile vaccination clinics in communities of need across the Piedmont Triad.People who are eligible for coronavirus vaccines can now make an appointment at the Greensboro FEMA Community COVID-19 Vaccination Center.Click the link below to schedule your appointment. The center said more appointments will open regularly, so if appointments are filled, check back again soon.Montgomery County: Montgomery County is following the NCDHHS guidelines in giving vaccinations for people 65 years and older.Registration is open for vaccinations at the Health Department (102 East Spring St., Troy). Click here to visit the Montgomery County Health Department website or call 910-572-1393 to make an appointment. Randolph County: The Randolph County Health Department is allowing vaccine appointments for everyone in Groups 1 through 5. To make an appointment, call 336-365-6110.For up-to-date information regarding the status of the county’s vaccine supply, please visit the health department’s Facebook page or website.Rockingham County: The Rockingham County Health Department is giving vaccinations to anyone in Group 5.To make an appointment, call the COVID-19 Hotline at 336-394-0064 or click here. Stokes County: Stokes County is offering vaccination appointments to adults that are 65 years and older. Individuals interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccination are asked to call 336-593-2400, then choose option 7. Callers will be asked to leave your name, phone number and date of birth. You can also submit your contact information and birthday in an email to covid19@co.stokes.nc.usHealth officials said they will call back to schedule an appointment. Surry County: Surry County Health and Nutrition Center is asking for people who are interested in receiving the vaccine to register online. Click here to register. The county will contact you to schedule an appointment when the time arrives for you to receive your vaccine. Wilkes County: Click here to visit Wilkes Health’s website for information about future events.Yadkin County: Anyone interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Yadkin County is encouraged to click here to fill out an information form.Health department officials said the order in which people will be contacted to get the vaccine will be based on their risk level, available supply and which group the state is currently working under within the prioritization framework. Anyone needing assistance filling out the form is asked to call 336-849-7910 and ask for the “Medical Clinic.” Want to help distribute vaccines?North Carolina is looking for medical volunteers to help at COVID-19 vaccination sites across the state. Click here for more information.NC COVID-19 vaccine numbersUS COVID-19 vaccine numbersResources:

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has an online tool to help North Carolinians know when they will be eligible to get their vaccine.

The Find My Vaccine Group walks users through a series of questions to determine which vaccine group they are in. People can then sign up to be notified when their group can get vaccinated.

The following groups are the order that NCDHHS is recommending counties vaccinate in.

The state is currently vaccinating Groups 1 through 4(a). Group 4(b), which includes students living in dorms and other essential workers, will be eligible on March 31. All other adults will be eligible on April 7.

  1. Health care workers, long-term care staff, long-term care residents
  2. Adults 65 and older
  3. Frontline essential workers
  4. (a) Adults at high risk for exposure and with increased risk for severe illness, (b) all other essential workers and students living in dorms
  5. Everyone else

More information about COVID-19 vaccines and finding a distribution event can be found by clicking here.


North Carolina coronavirus vaccine helpline:

1-888-675-4567


North Carolina vaccine information for college students:


Here is information on how to get a vaccine in the Piedmont Triad:

Alamance County: Alamance County’s Health department vaccinations are by appointment only. To make an appointment, call 336-290-0650.

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Cone Health is encouraging Hispanic people to get the coronavirus vaccination by adding hours and Spanish-speaking staff to its current Burlington clinics and creating a support clinic to the Greensboro FEMA site.

Cone Health, FEMA and NCDHHS will help at the clinic at the CityGate Dream Center, located at 1423 N. Church St., starting on Friday, March 19.

This site will be a support clinic for the Greensboro FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Center. This CityGate clinic will receive about 1,200 doses each week for the next seven weeks.

The clinic hours will be:

  • Fridays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
  • Mondays from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Spanish-speaking staff will schedule appointments through the Hispanic Federation. The phone number for Spanish speakers to register for an appointment is 336-890-3792.

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Beginning Monday, March 1, Link Transit will begin operating the Vaccinate Alamance Shuttle from the Worth Street Transfer Hub to the new Vaccinate Alamance Clinic at 2401 Eric Lane, Unit 100 in Burlington.

The shuttle and any Link Transit rides to connect to the shuttle will be free of charge. Click here for more information.

Alleghany County: AppHealthCare asks anyone interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of which priority group they’re in, to fill out their Vaccine Interest Form or call 828-795-1970. When eligible, county health officials will make contact to schedule an appointment.

Caswell County: The Caswell County Health Department is following the NCDHHS guidelines of starting vaccinations for people 65 years and older.

Interested individuals may call the health department at 336-694-4129, choose option 5, to add your name to the list for an appointment.

Davidson County: The Davidson County Health Department has appointments available March 29, March 30 and April 5 at the Davidson County Health Department and April 1 at the Davidson County West Campus. Anyone who wants a vaccine and meets the age requirements can make an appointment by calling 336-236-3096 starting March 29 at 10 a.m.

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Davidson County Department of Senior Services is offering free transportation to COVID Vaccination appointments in the county.

To be eligible for transportation, individuals must be a Davidson County resident, age 65 and older, and have an appointment for a vaccination scheduled. To schedule transportation, call at the scheduling line, at least 48 hours prior to appointment at (336)242.2947.

This number is for transportation to appointments only, not to schedule a vaccination.

Individuals that need to schedule a vaccination should call the Davidson County Health Department COVID-19 Appointment line at (336) 236-3096.

Davie County: Davie County Health and Human Services vaccine eligibility is for people 65 and older or frontline healthcare workers.

Forsyth County: The Forsyth County Public Health Department is opening another set of vaccination appointments for the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds at 8 a.m. Sunday.

Appointments can be made online here or by calling 336-360-5260. To avoid long hold times from the high volume of calls that are expected, callers will hear a prerecorded message and their number will be put in an automatic queue, and they will receive a call back from Public health staff.

All vaccination appointments with Forsyth Public Health will take place at the Fairgrounds’ Education Building located at 414 Deacon Boulevard, and attendees should enter off Deacon Boulevard. Vaccination is by appointment only.

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Wake Forest Baptist patients may call 336-702-6843 to schedule vaccination appointments. No walk-ins are accepted.

Updated information is also available through patients’ “myWakeHealth” accounts and click here. The hospital plans to add online scheduling capabilities in the near future.

If appointments are full, the hospital will continue to add appointments and locations depending on the amount of vaccine allotted to them by the state. The hospital is only scheduling appointments that they can accommodate based on their vaccine supply.

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Novant Health and Winston-Salem State University are a “spoke partner” of the Greensboro FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Site for the next eight weeks.

WSSU will receive 1,200 doses each week to ensure doses to marginalized communities.

Every Saturday for the next eight weeks, Novant Health will host a clinic for about 600 doses. The other doses will be used at community events and the Hanes Mall site.

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Novant Health added appointments for Saturday, March 27, at the Hanes Mall location in Winston-Salem for anyone in Groups 1 through 4. To schedule an appointment, click here.

Guilford County: Guilford County is scheduling vaccine appointments for those eligible in Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4.

To schedule an appointment, click here or call 336-641-7944 (Option 2) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vaccine clinics are being held at:

  • Mount Zion Baptist Church – 1301 Alamance Church Rd., Greensboro
  • High Point University Community Center at Oak Hollow Mall – 921 Eastchester Dr., Suite 1230, High Point
  • Greensboro Coliseum – 1921 W. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro

Walk-ins are not allowed.

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To schedule vaccination appointments through Cone Health, click here.

Cone Health is scheduling people in Group 4 starting Thursday, March 18.

People without internet access or email accounts can call 336-890-1188 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. for assistance.

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Appointments are available for individuals in Groups 1, 2 and 3 at the federally-supported vaccination center at the Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro. Appointments can be made online at GSOmassvax.org or by calling 1-888-675-4567.

The site, Community Vaccination Center, which plans to operate seven days a week for eight weeks, would be capable of administering about 3,000 shots a day, and up to 21,000 doses a week.

The Community Vaccination Center will also feature options for drive-thru service in the parking lot and walk-in service in the space formerly occupied by Dillard’s department store.

To reach more marginalized and underserved communities, the main vaccination center at Four Seasons Town Centre will support additional sites and mobile vaccination clinics in communities of need across the Piedmont Triad.

People who are eligible for coronavirus vaccines can now make an appointment at the Greensboro FEMA Community COVID-19 Vaccination Center.

Click the link below to schedule your appointment. The center said more appointments will open regularly, so if appointments are filled, check back again soon.

Montgomery County: Montgomery County is following the NCDHHS guidelines in giving vaccinations for people 65 years and older.

Registration is open for vaccinations at the Health Department (102 East Spring St., Troy). Click here to visit the Montgomery County Health Department website or call 910-572-1393 to make an appointment.

Randolph County: The Randolph County Health Department is allowing vaccine appointments for everyone in Groups 1 through 5. To make an appointment, call 336-365-6110.

For up-to-date information regarding the status of the county’s vaccine supply, please visit the health department’s Facebook page or website.

Rockingham County: The Rockingham County Health Department is giving vaccinations to anyone in Group 5.

To make an appointment, call the COVID-19 Hotline at 336-394-0064 or click here.

Stokes County: Stokes County is offering vaccination appointments to adults that are 65 years and older.

Individuals interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccination are asked to call 336-593-2400, then choose option 7. Callers will be asked to leave your name, phone number and date of birth. You can also submit your contact information and birthday in an email to covid19@co.stokes.nc.us

Health officials said they will call back to schedule an appointment.

Surry County: Surry County Health and Nutrition Center is asking for people who are interested in receiving the vaccine to register online. Click here to register.

The county will contact you to schedule an appointment when the time arrives for you to receive your vaccine.

Wilkes County: Click here to visit Wilkes Health’s website for information about future events.

Yadkin County: Anyone interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Yadkin County is encouraged to click here to fill out an information form.

Health department officials said the order in which people will be contacted to get the vaccine will be based on their risk level, available supply and which group the state is currently working under within the prioritization framework.

Anyone needing assistance filling out the form is asked to call 336-849-7910 and ask for the “Medical Clinic.”


Want to help distribute vaccines?

North Carolina is looking for medical volunteers to help at COVID-19 vaccination sites across the state.

Click here for more information.


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