Last Friday, Nick Davidson, DHEC’s senior deputy for public health, put out a press release that stated a miscommunication between the county and the state agency led to a confusion over whether or not the county would receive future vaccine shipments.
Davidson further clarified that the county could continue to receive future vaccine shipments.
Davidson said Horry County is due to receive 2,200 second doses of the Moderna vaccine this week. Horry County Fire Rescue are expecting to vaccinate a total of 3,800 people with this new shipment.
As reported by the Sun News: Once the county administers its current supply of vaccines, plus the 2,200 second doses coming next week, Davidson said, it will be able to request future shipments from DHEC if it chooses to continue to run a vaccine clinic out of the M.L. Brown Public Safety Building.
Said Davidson, “(If) they want to talk about being a community provider, we’d be happy to entertain a discussion with them, just like we would with anybody of course, about them continuing to be, or moving ahead with being, a community provider,”
It is unclear at this time if Horry County will take DHEC up on its offer to continue distributing the vaccinations.