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The Stanly County Health Department received 800 new doses of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday, according to Health Director David Jenkins.

It received 1,500 last week, which included 700 that were delayed the week prior due to bad weather across much of the country.

With more than 80,000 doses of the new Johnson & Johnson single-shot coronavirus vaccine set to arrive in North Carolina this week, the Stanly County Health Department is likely to receive a portion of the allotment.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine received emergency approval by the FDA last week.

Jenkins wrote in an email Friday that he currently has received “no word if we will receive J&J in Stanly County anytime soon.”

Jenkins told county commissioners on Monday that while he didn’t have specifics, he imagined the county would receives some doses “based on the availability” the state received. The county has been receiving the Moderna vaccine from the state, which takes two doses for people to be fully vaccinated.

“From where we stand, the one dose would certainly make it easier getting as many people vaccinated as possible,” Jenkins told the commissioners.

Last Saturday, the health department was able to administer first vaccine doses to roughly 460 educators, school employees and child care staff.

The vaccinations were part of a special clinic set up exclusively for people who worked in the school system, who became eligible for the vaccine as part of Phase 3 last Wednesday.

Before then, the state was only vaccinating those in Group 1 and Group 2, which includes health care workers, long-term care staff and residents and anyone 65 years or older. The state expanded vaccine eligibility to Group 3, essential workers, on Feb. 24.

Several school nurses and officials with Atrium Health Stanly assisted the health department with the event.

Aside from a few minor issues, “I’d say it pretty much went flawless,” Jenkins told the commissioners. “We were able to hit a good portion of that group of front-line essential workers.”

Stanly County Schools was appreciative of the mass effort to vaccinate its employees.

“I want to thank the Stanly County Health Department for helping to deploy the vaccines in such an expeditious manner,” Superintendent Dr. Jarrod Dennis said. “Having the vaccine available for all of our teachers will hopefully expedite the full reopening of our schools by creating the safest environment possible for all of our students and staff.”

As of Wednesday, the rest of the people included in Phase 3 are now eligible to receive the vaccine. This group includes first responders and emergency personnel such as police and firefighters, people who work in-person in manufacturing, food and agriculture, grocery stores, government workers and clergy, among others.

Beginning March 24, Gov. Roy Cooper announced people at higher risk from COVID-19 due to underlying medical conditions will become the first within Group 4 who are eligible to receive a vaccine, as well as people in certain congregate-living settings.

With an additional 13 new cases since Wednesday, there have been almost 6,600 cases in Stanly since last March. There are seven people hospitalized with COVID-19 while 128 people who had the virus have died.

To make a vaccine appointment, call the hotline at 980-323-0205.