COVID-19 Vaccine Information

Cabarrus Health Alliance's COVID-19 staff are actively vaccinating individuals who fall within the Phase 1a. Starting on January 6, 2021 Phase 1b - Group 1 will be included in vaccination efforts and able to attend any planned vaccine clinic. Definitions for each phase can be found at yourshotyourspot.nc.gov. 


Tested, safe, and effective COVID-19 vaccines will help us defeat the virus, get back in control of our lives, and back to the people and places we love. Get the COVID-19 Vaccine Facts and Update from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services - For more information Click Here.

Para mucha más información en español acerca de las vacunas del Covid-19, visite: https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/vacuna

COVID-19 Vaccinations Prioritized Populations: Those most at risk get it first.

A tested, safe and effective vaccine will be available to all who want it, but supplies will be limited at first. Independent state and federal public health advisory committees have determined that the best way to fight COVID-19 is to start first with vaccinations for those most at risk, reaching more people as the vaccine supply increases from January to June. Keep practicing the 3W’s— wear a mask, wait six feet apart, wash your hands—until everyone has a chance to vaccinate.

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Phase 1a: Health care workers fighting COVID-19 & Long-Term Care staff and residents.

  • Health care workers caring for and working directly with patients with COVID-19, including staff responsible for cleaning and maintenance in those areas
  • Health care workers administering vaccine
  • Long-term care staff and residents-people in skilled nursing facilities and in adult, family and group homes

To access current vaccine clinic dates for Phase 1a population please click here.

Phase 1b: Adults 75 years or older and frontline essential workers.

There is not enough vaccine for everyone in this phase to be vaccinated at the same time. Vaccinations will be available to groups in the following order.

  • Group 1: Anyone 75 years or older, regardless of health status or living situation
    • To access current vaccine clinic dates for Phase 1b - Group 1 population please click here.
  • Group 2: Health care workers and frontline essential worker 50 years or older
  • Group 3: Health care workers and frontline essential workers of any age

*The CDC defines frontline essential workers as first responders (e.g., firefighters and police officers), corrections officers, food and agricultural workers, U.S. Postal Service workers, manufacturing workers, grocery store workers, public transit worker, and those who work in the education sector (teachers and support staff members) as well as child care workers. 

Phase 2: Adults at high risk for exposure and at increased risk of severe illness

Vaccinations will happen by group in the following order:

  • Group 1: Anyone 65-74 years old, regardless of health status of living situation
  • Group 2: Anyone 16-64 years old with high-risk medical conditions that 
  • increase risk of severe disease from COVID such as cancer, COPD, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, Type 2 diabetes, among others, regardless of living situation
  • Group 3: Anyone who is incarcerated or living in other close group living settings who is not already vaccinated due to age, medical condition or job function.
  • Group 4: Essential workers not yet vaccinated.

*The CDC defines these as workers in transportation and logistics, water and wastewater, food service, shelter and housing (e.g., construction), finance (e.g., bank tellers), information technology and communications, energy, legal, media, and public safety (e.g., engineers), and public health workers.

Phase 3: Students

  • College and university students
  • K-12 students age 16 and over. Younger children will only be vaccinated when the vaccine is approved for them.

Phase 4: Everyone who wants a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccination.


COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Authorization and Fact Sheets

For each COVID-19 vaccine authorized under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that vaccine recipients or their caregivers are provided with certain vaccine-specific EUA information to help make an informed decision about vaccination. This is accomplished by providing a an EUA Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers. The Fact Sheet is similar in purpose and content to vaccine information statements (VISs) for licensed vaccines but differs in that the EUA Fact Sheet is specific to each authorized COVID-19 vaccine, is developed by the manufacturer of the vaccine, and is authorized by the FDA.