The Transylvania Times -

The N.C. Department of Health Human Services announced it had updated its vaccination plan to align with new federal recommendations.

The changes simplify, according to a press release, the vaccine process and continue the state’s commitment to first protect health care workers caring for patients with COVID-19, people who are at the highest risk of being hospitalized or dying and those at high risk of exposure to COVID-19.

“While there is still much to do, we head into 2021 with a powerful tool to stop this pandemic – vaccines,” said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. “How...