Phase 1B COVID-19 vaccinations begin
Thousands turn out for first doses at Georgetown Division of Motor Vehicles
The Georgetown DMV inspection lanes are converted to a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic during the first day of Phase 1B shots in Sussex County. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
January 23, 2021
It was nonstop traffic Jan. 23, for the first day of Phase 1B COVID-19 vaccinations at the Georgetown Division of Motor Vehicles site. With shots targeted for those 65 years of age and older, lines were long all day as thousands of people waited three hours or more to get a first dose of the Moderna vaccine. The mass vaccinations by reservation only were scheduled to continue Sunday, Jan. 24, in Georgetown. Staff from Beebe Healthcare, Sussex County Emergency Medical Services, Division of Public Health and volunteers manned seven inspection lanes to administer the shots.
Lines are long all day as motorists wind through a series of four parking lots to reach the vaccination area.
Walt Jones of Lewes rolls up his sleeve to get a vaccination administered by Beebe Healthcare nurse Stephanie Williams.
Jonathan Offen, a supervisor with Sussex County EMS, fills syringes with COVID-19 vaccine.
Moderna COVID-19 vaccination syringes are lined up and ready.
Cars prepare to enter the Georgetown DMV inspection lanes on the first day of a mass vaccination clinic.
Some of the nearly 100 medical and emergency staff and volunteers fill the Georgetown DMV inspection lanes.
Because it does not require ultra-freezing storage, Moderna is the vaccine of choice for mobile clinics.
Cars line up at the Georgetown DMV as folks wait for a COVID-19 vaccine. NICK ROTH PHOTO
Officials keep vaccine seekers in organized lines in the DMV parking lot. NICK ROTH PHOTO
